We arrived the night of January 5th. DC was oddly quiet. We had to share a hotel room for 4 of us as we all were financially tight at the time. It was a close-quarters, but we made it work. We left the hotel to see some of the sights that evening, taking pictures of the Capital building lit up at night. We spoke to police on duty, and they seemed friendly and answered some questions for us. Nobody else was there and it felt strange. We headed to get some food (which was hard since most places were closed). We finally found a food truck run by some nice Pakastani folks and got some grub. While we were standing in line, a group of US soldiers appeared kind of out of nowhere. We had veterans in our group who confirmed they were legit military but found it odd that they weren't wearing any distinguishing patches. They were all young with the exception of the two higher ranking officers (we assume because the others were deferring to them). The only patch we eventually saw was on a ruck sack one of the soldiers was carrying...US Space Force. Our veteran buddies approached them and said what branch and unit they had served in and asked who these guys were with. They replied, "Thanks for your service, but we can't say. We're just here on orders." They genuinely seemed to regret not giving more info but kept looking at their superiors. We then watched them all descend into a parking garage of a non-descript building. We headed back to our hotel where we saw several groups in the lobby and in front of the building. We got some odd vibes from some, but many seemed like normal folks. We got to bed late that evening as the excitement of the coming day kept us up a while (not to mention some snoring).
I will continue with a Part 2 when I have more time today...
Some may caution me against telling this story, trust me I get it. I just don't give a shit anymore and I feel a firsthand account from a fren might mean something to some of you. Thanks in advance for any concern but they'd have rolled me up by now if they had any excuse.
I like it when people talk about their experience on J6 - I talk about mine ALL THE TIME. They want us to be fearful - screw them! The thing that surprised me first was arriving at BWI and the rental car garage was completely EMPTY. I’ve never seen that before - at ANY airport!
That is weird, considering that Reagan and Dulles are closer than BWI to the Capitol
We stayed in Crystal City, so I can’t speak to how busy it was in DC on the evening of the 5th, but there were plenty of people traveling into DC with us the morning of the 6th. I’ve always thought it odd that Trump understated the number of attendees by so much. It still seems odd.
Exactly!
Thank you so much for sharing your story because it just brought back memories of my own and it really cheered my day. I can’t wait to hear the rest of your story.
Thank you to the mods for the stickied posts.
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Thank you for the amazing and valuable posts!
Yes, Thank You u/mods for the sticked posts!
Thank you BD for sharing your personal account of J6! 👏
I truly hope that Trump cleans house in Washington and moves most of government out of that city. Those living there are corrupted by big politics and have no real values anymore.
It’s really interesting hearing other people’s testimony of what occurred on that day. Mine was completely opposite to yours. Everybody at the hotel was friendly, and very kind, even the extra security in the police out front. I was alone at the age of 58, and I brought a kick scooter with me because I was having problems with one of my feet and I knew I wouldn’t be able to walk all that way back-and-forth. I do remember it being very cold, and I hung out in the same area as you the Washington monument. I found the crowd to be electrifying, lots of different characters, people dressed in red, white and blue, people praying, people preaching, and people singing the national anthem. However; I did leave early and I went back to the hotel like you did. So I was not at the capital when everything popped off. I feel that was God protecting me. But once I saw that what was going on down there, I grabbed my scooter, and I went straight down there. By this time, all the main commotion had died off. I did find it interesting why people were climbing the walls with ropes when all you had to do was skirt the building off to the left, and there was an open staircase there that somebody easily could ascend. I stayed until curfew, because after curfew, you could be arrested, and I wasn’t about to be going to jail for anything. I attribute it to one of the best states I’ve ever had in my life. I flew out the next morning, and was able to get out of there before they started taking people off planes. To this day, I will remember it as one of the best days of my life, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Hoping others had the same experience as me. Also, on a sidenote, I had no problem finding food at the hotel, or on the streets there were food trucks everywhere. So I’m shocked that you weren’t able to even find a cup of coffee, but I don’t know what hotel you were staying in. BEST DAY EVER 🙌🇺🇸
https://patriots.win/p/11S0WzO6bJ/i-am-not-ashamed--i-share-this-p/c/
Sorry for all my cussing in that post above, at the time I was just barely getting back to the Lord. 🙏
https://greatawakening.win/p/19A1GqY8Zj/my-january-6th-story-part-2/
Link to Part 2
We arrived the night of 1/4 and weren't tired, so went sight-seeing in DC. Around midnight we watched as police blocked off a perimeter around the White House, with the flashing lights on their cars that were blocking all the intersections. I was driving down 17th, next to the WH and heard a helicopter getting louder/closer. I looked up and saw Marine One coming down to land on the WH lawn (Trump was returning from campaigning that night for the Georgia Senate runoff) and I got so excited/distracted that I ran the rental car into the curb, lol.
Headed back for inauguration with my daughter, hopefully the snow storm will be over by then.
I just read 2and asked for 1 ! lol ty
I’m interested in hearing the rest!
Up voting in spirit. It's at 117. I have reasons...
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