I attended the Tea Party in Overland Park, KS on April 15th with my little sister (who introduced me to Ayn Rand years ago). I brought my sign from the stimulus protest a couple months ago and a armful of pamplets from ARC. It was a lot of fun, and I have two things worth noting:

1.) A lot of people I talked to had either heard of Ayn Rand, had read Atlas Shrugged, or were in the process of reading it. There were times when I just stood with my “Ayn Rand is Right” and “Read Atlas Shrugged” sign and people would come to me to talk. I even met a few new Objectivists, including a supporter of ARI who I had never met. Overall, it was very heartening to see such a positive response to Ayn Rand.

2.) There were a *lot* of people there. I can’t judge crowds too well, but from what I saw I don’t doubt the newspaper reports that put the crowd at somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000. Traffic to the site was backed up as far as I could see in all directions. There were a few crazies in the crowd, but the vast majority of the people there had great signs and seemed to understand some of the real problems that our country has put itself in.

Below is a picture of my sister and I, and you can use this link to view the rest of the pictures I took: http://tinyurl.com/dx72da

Rachelle and Darren