But at
the first Tea Party rally I attended, at the Washington Monument earlier this year, the crowd — bristling with placards about the Second Amendment's being the correction — was treated to an arm - waving speech by a caricature English peer named Lord Monckton, who led them in the edifying call - and - response: «All together.
John Devine, a 62 - year - old Vietnam vet from Massapequa with close - cropped gray hair and a florid complexion, went to Washington for
his first Tea Party rally.
In reality, the mushrooming protests have been organized similarly to the very
first tea party rallies, by novice political activists (some with campaign experience) getting permits or crowdsourcing their tactics.
Not exact matches
Just hours after CNN
first reported that Romney would appear at a
Tea Party Express
rally on Monday Sept. 5 - Labor Day — in Manchester, New Hampshire, the campaign changed that decision.
Schlomann, who writes for a website called Suffolk County Liberty Report, sounded similarly awed by her
first Tea Party event, a Tax Day
rally in Hauppauge.
Her photographs of high school football players,
Tea Party rallies, and the
first inauguration of President Obama demonstrate her own interest in American identities.