Freedom Drive 2002 pulled out of a very soggy San Francisco this afternoon with about a dozen vehicles headed for an overnight stop in Reno, Nevada.  The marching bands and other outdoor activities scheduled had to be canceled due to the intense weather conditions.  The Drive leaves Reno around 5 AM Saturday morning headed for a well planned rally in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Pictures from the drive are being digitally transmitted to our offices from a wireless laptop system and will be posted regularly beginning tomorrow. 

In Washington, DC Friday morning, a group of WTP volunteers successfully delivered the Peoples' Petitions for Redress of Grievances to the government.  With the exception of a few representatives, all members of Congress were served the Petitions.  Several had locked offices and a few refused to accept any documents brought to their office in person.  One soon-to-be-departing Congressman's staff actually refused to accept the documents citing that they had lost the election and were effectively "out of here."  President Bush will be served on Tuesday.

A free internet webcast of the event in DC will be broadcast live on the internet next Thursday.  The webcast will be approximately 5 hours long beginning sometime before noon.  This free broadcast will enable tens of thousands of People to view history being made.  In addition, a free, non-encrypted satellite uplink feed will be available so that any television station or network in the nation can pull the signal down and rebroadcast or record the event. Details of the live satellite feed will be available early next week.

Please review the updated Final Details pages for the Freedom Drive.  There are well organized feeder routes now heading from both the Northeast and Southeast states and many other cities have staging areas and contact information available.  These routes will merge and rally together at Frederick, Maryland on Wednesday evening and leave for DC at 7 AM from the Frederick staging area.