International Business Times
The Veterans for Ron Paul 2012 White House march was a success, drawing hundreds of veterans and active-duty service members to Washington, D.C., on Monday to show their support for the only veteran in the remaining Republican presidential primary field.
The President’s Day event, dubbed “Ron Paul is the Choice of the Troops,” brought veterans and troops from all over the country together in the nation’s capital, where they marched from the Washington Monument to the White House in order to protest President Barack Obama‘s foreign policy and to rally for their chosen presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).
About 500 marchers–veterans, active duty troops and their family members–participated in the fully-permitted event, and hundreds more onlookers showed their support without actually marching.
After rallying the afternoon of Feb. 20 on the National Mall, the marchers made their way to Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House, where they stood in a moment of silence, as family members of fallen warriors held their hands on an American flag. They remained silent for one second for each service member that has died in conflict since Obama’s inauguration.
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