Chicago Tea Party

It was cold but there was quite a crowd. I passed an Obama banner by City Hall on the way in, walking from the train with two brothers from Kenosha. A couple traveled from southwestern Michigan, a family from Indiana. People of all ages gathered from the city and suburbs.
There were flags flying, American and early American--Don't Tread on Me. I met Sam Adams. I met my fellow blogger Flying Debris in his Paul Revere hat, to mark the occasion.
And there were signs everywhere. We had news cameras from ABC, NBC and Fox; WBBM, WLS and NPR radio.
Then as we marched toward the Chicago River, cars honked in support. We were at least 200 strong [400 the update] and stretched a block or two,rallying in the plaza by the Tribune tower, site of the McCormick Freedom Museum. Next to a statue of American Gothic, Sam Adams reminded us of the first tea party--where Americans refused to knuckle under to onerous taxation and began the fight for the freedoms we still hold dear today. So there you go--the Chicago Tea Party--and the snow held off for us. We were tempted to throw tea in the river but instead we roared a whole lot.More pictures and links update momentarily.

UPDATE: More Chicago Tea Party!!!
More: Marathon Pundit interviews NPR. Freedom Folks here (check back, they'll have video). Chicago News Bench with post up at 7 pm including video.
--crossposted at #TCOT Report.