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Tea Party Express III, Boston

Photos from the Tea Party Express III visit to the Boston Common on April 14, 2010, including former Alaska governor Sarah Palin headlining the event.
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A man carries a large "Don't Tread on Me" flag at the Tea Party rally on the Boston Common.
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A man carries a large "Don't Tread on Me" flag at the Tea Party rally on the Boston Common.

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  • A man heading to the tea party rally carries a sign indicating his belief that President Obama is not fulfilling the presidential oath of office.
  • A pair dressed in the form of Alice and the Mad Hatter rest on the opposite side of the Boston Common from the Tea Party rally.
  • A line of news vans sit on the Boston Common with satalite dishes extended high.
  • A woman carries a sign indicating her support for same-sex parity with opposite-sex in couples rights.
  • A diversity of signs was represented at the Tea Party rally on the Boston Common. Shown in this picture are a sign proclaiming President Obama to be a Communist next to another calling for no quarter for tea party "pirates." A third sign at right indicates a general love of signs.
  • A man carries a large "Don't Tread on Me" flag at the Tea Party rally on the Boston Common.
  • An unofficial campaign sign is hoisted supporting a possible presidential bit by Sarah Palin in 2012. Next to it is a banner declaring the Obama presidency to be "Carter 2.0". In the background is the image of the Constitution used as a skin for the Tea Party Express bus.
  • Tea party attendees showed up with signs, banners, flags, cameras, and even a few pitchforks.
  • Mark Williams speaks to the crowd about the Tea Party Express trip and about his view of the tea party movement.
  • Members of the crowd turn around and wave to the media and their cameras on cue from the speaker. The "liberal" media was repremanded for being biased.
  • More people waiving to media cameras at the tea party gathering on Boston Common.
  • The crowd listens to a tea party speaker on the Boston Common.
  • A photographer hides in among the crowd, snapping photos of the tea party attendees.
  • A protest flag designed by James Allen McQueen is flown at the Tea Party Express III stop on the Boston Common. Not meant to replace the American Flag, the protest flag is a modified American Revolution-era flag with the roman numeral II in the center, signifying a second revolution.
  • A narrow depth of field captures a cameraman and mic-boom operator as they film the crowd at the tea party gathering on the Boston Common.
  • Debbie Lee, mother of the first American soldier killed in action in Iraq, Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee, talks about the events leading up to her son's death, and about the ideals his service stood for.
  • A man attempts to capture the moment with a photograph above a crowd of people.
  • An individual claps among a crowd of attendees at the Tea Party Express III's last stop before heading to a Tax Day rally in Washington, D.C.
  • Rivoli Revue and the crowd show their support and thanks for the Lee family's sacrifice in the armed services.
  • Kay Rivoli of Rivoli Revue sings for the tea party gathering on the Boston Common.
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