A GATHERING OF EAGLES IN LITTLE WASHINGTON

A Gathering of Eagles

On Friday, August 3, 2007 I had the honor of being invited to attend a public display of support for our troops. Actually "invited" is not the proper term, I was informed that I should and would be attending ... LOL. (Not that I had any reservations about supporting such a worthy cause) I had been contacted the night before and informed by Emmit Morehead that he would be picking me up the next day and that I would accompany him to Little Washington to meet Rodney Carroll (aka Yakfisher) in order to publicly display our support for the troops and their critical mission along with a group of fellow patriots known as "The Gathering of Eagles". I had heard many good things about this group and was quite excited to be included in such a positive event. Also a major objective was going to be for us to confront a group of protesters who were staging a protest demonstration that had been announced in the papers and media earlier. We were to introduce them (at a safe distance for them and through police lines) to just a wee bit of common sense about certain critical matters that they could not grasp. This, of course sounded like good fun to me. The next day Emmit stopped by the house as promised with his "chip off the ole block", philosopher-fisherman son Gordon (the two of them having to go about 100 miles out of their way in order to take me along) and we headed off to meet Rodney, his better half Sandra, and the other Eagles.

Well, we made the trek and, just as had been promised, I met a fine group of patriots and people of principle and that REALLY made my day. As of late I have been quite the hermit and opportunities for me to participate in such a noble endeavor with such a fine bunch of folks have not come along very often. I brought my camera and Gadsden flag along (unfortunately, in the rush, I forgot to bring a pole to display the flag on ... I will not be so remiss in the future). This being my first event with the Eagles and having been informed of my attendance on short notice, I didn't quite know what to bring. Rest assured that in the future I will be much better prepared and equipped.

Anyway ... I will add a lot more to this site later but I did want to at least post these few pictures and comments about Friday's event ... I had a great time and want to thank everyone for making me feel welcome and right at home.