*** 12/25/2020 : A brief word to those advocating to bring firearms into Washington DC, and to the Rally that President Trump recently called to convene on Jan. 6th, 2021 – shut the fucking hell up! Seriously, stop trying to lead good, decent patriots into a trap like that. I believe these are antifa/glowies/etc. encouraging this shit- so DO NOT be led by this type of suggestion. Please.
Imagine this: maybe a million people at the march, packed closely together, police EVERYWHERE, secret service EVERYWHERE, plain clothes EVERYWHERE, National Guard EVERYWHERE. Antifa making runs at the edges – with the DC police standing back and letting Antifa attack Trump patriots, in fact PENNING Trump patriots in so that Antifa can more effectively attack our people. Then gun shots ring out, innocent people don’t know from where – it could easily be plants within our march. The police, et al, move in and more shots. OUR people get shot, but OUR people get blamed. OUR people are fucking sitting ducks.
As for people following the suggestions to go to the rally armed, prepare to be stripped of your weapons. Learn the laws for the District. Know what to expect.
I don’t want to stand next to some dude who thinks it’s cool to shoot off a few rounds to let the politicians know how “serious he is”. Seriously – get fucked if this is something you have planned.
Do something better – like plan a trucker strike. There are ways to be effective. Getting your mates shot up is a bad plan. Rant over.
We are simply a group of like minded people who are staunch supporters of President Trump, and especially his agenda. There are many millions of people just like us, and we feel that the *time* will come when a call goes out to come together en masse in Washington DC to join together for an absolutely massive rally in support of our 45th President.
A grand effort to push back against the organizations who are funded by anti-Trump leftist, including socialists, democrat elected officials, communists, never-Trump republicans, and the Hollywood celebrities who cannot accept that we have rejected their perverted propaganda and their embrace of, and promotion of, the erosion of common decency in our Middle America.
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How to reserve a seat on the megabus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaY4ElJzLIY
Link to the Union Station website!
https://www.unionstationdc.com/about/
List of hotels near the Metro:
https://hotelsneardcmetro.com/
Must have smartphone apps for your DC trip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xG6QYiMTmY
Best tip: when using the Metro, find your destination stop on the map first
For an interactive Metrorail map: MY APOLOGIES! THE METRO LINKS ARE BITCHED UP, BUT DO TAKE YOU TO THE METRO WEBSITE. I’ll sort it out in a few.
http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm
For Metrorail station info:
http://www.wmata.com/rail/stations.cfm
Live in or near NYC? You could take an early morning Amtrak train from NYC to DC. Or a megabus.
If you drive, parking is a pain. Parking at your hotel will cost you between $40.00 and $60.00 per night. You may need to get creative and park outside of downtown, and Metro in. You could try the following to score a parking garage spot if you want to park in DC:
SpotHero
Parking Panda (not the best)
Opted to ride the megabus?
Re: where does the megabus stop exactly at in Union station?
It is really simple.
(1) You get inside Union Station and get to the street level where all the gates to the Amtrak trains are.
(2) Go up the escalator right in front of Gate E to Mezz Level, turn right and go up another escalator. They are right there on your left.
***I would add, though that if you are using DC transit to get to Union Station using the Circulator bus is THE BEST because the last stop is the bus terminal right where Megabus picks you up.
**Depending on how much effort you want to expend, early each day of your trip (apart from Sunday), you could easily get a parking space that many of the garages offer in the $12-$15 range until late that night, then go back on the street. During the week, they usually have a signboard outside advertising an “early bird” special for the office crowd, or Best Parking can locate them for you.
You also don’t have to wait for 10 p.m.–after 8 pm, you could park on the street and pay the time on the meter that it takes you to get to 10 p.m. when enforcement ends. (Most meters have a two-hour limit in this area @ $3/hr.) Likewise, if you’re leaving early (by 9 a.m.)
Just remember that 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday is a firm, aggressively-patrolled time frame–by definition you’ll be parked in a space that needs meter payment or might be restricted from parking altogether during some of those times. You don’t want a ticket or worse to instantly offset any savings you’re realizing. **BestParking. (Parking panda has issues)
Camps: PROBABLY SEASONAL ? CHECK AHEAD OF TIME.
Pohick Bay Regional Park. Not a national park, but a very nice regional park in Northern VA with canoe & kayak rental on a large bay on the Potomac River. novaparks.com/parks/pohick-bay-regional-park
I have friends who’ve camped at Bull Run and enjoyed it. They’ve also rented cottages at Pohick Bay Regional Park and enjoyed that as well. It’s not far from the VRE (week-day commuter train to DC).
Cherry Hill Campground is a short drive from the College Park Metrorail station (about 4.5 miles) or Greenbelt Metrorail station (about 5 miles). Both have large parking areas. Should both be full, the Prince George’s Plaza Metrorail garage (6 or 7 miles from Cherry Hill Campground) seldom fills up.
Metrobus #83 runs from Cherry Hill to the College Park Metrorail station, (but if there are four of you it will be cheaper to pay for parking, and probably much more convenient. (See https:/…home.transportation for transportation options.)
All three of the stations listed are on the Green line, which takes you to the Mall area. Use the Archives station for the (National Archives and museums) north side of the Mall; use the L’Enfant Plaza station (7th and Maryland Ave SW) for the south side of the Mall.
The KOA in Millersville, MD, is not convenient location for visiting DC.
There’s also Little Bennett Regional Park on the Maryland side — it’s about a 20 minute drive to the Shady Grove Metro station, and then a 35-minute subway ride into DC — see montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/….