# What I Did This Weekend

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-did-this-weekend/242184 "2004-04-27T00:12:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-did-this-weekend/242184/1 "2004-04-27T00:12:13Z")

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Together with eight friends, I drove to Washington D.C. this Sunday and took part in the March for Women’s Lives. We arrived at the Metro at 11:00, only to wait in line for an hour to obtain tickets. It was 12:30 before I arrived at the Mall and joined the main demonstration, which was _stupendous_. There were thousands upon thousands of people, all chanting and singing and waving banners, and a helicopter that swooped down and buzzed us a few times.

After listening to several speakers and hearing the Gay & Lesbian Choir, we marched down past the White House. It was just incredible to be there in that flood of humanity, with people from every corner of the nation and every race and creed, all united in their common goal. There were several barricades of Pro-Lifers holding pictures of aborted fetuses and shouting their slogans (one called me a pervert) but it was all worth it. I’m so glad I got to take part in this incredible event.

And that’s what I did this weekend.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-did-this-weekend/242184/2 "2004-04-27T00:43:55Z")

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Yay for you! I’m glad you had such a positive experience, I regret not being able to attend.

I did, however, make out a check to my favorite PAC, so I kinda feel marginally involved. 🆒

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**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-did-this-weekend/242184/3 "2004-04-27T05:52:32Z")

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Thanks for going. I’m happy you had some a positive experience. I’m in KL at the moment, but the pictures from Yahoo and cnn were really incredible!