The backstory on the veterans rally in Washington

[Tx4obama]

The backstory on the veterans rally in Washington

Washington (CNN) – Two groups were largely responsible for a hastily-arranged veterans rally Sunday on the National Mall, and one of them now accuses the other of "hijacking" the idea for the event and turning it into a political spectacle that grabbed the national spotlight.

Crowds of veterans and conservative activists overcame barriers at the World War II Memorial, where high-profile politicians used strong anti-Obama language and blasted the administration for closing national monuments and memorials during the partial government shutdown.

Some inflammatory rhetoric was heard from the podium and among the audience, and some protesters carried the grated barriers to Pennsylvania Avenue and dumped them in front of the White House.

So how did the rally come about? Here's the timeline.

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Full article here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/15/the-backstory-on-the-veterans-rally-in-washington/

[mercuryblues]

1. when they

broke through the barricades, why weren't they arrested?

[fasttense]

2. Seems Larry Ward did hijack the rally.

"On Sunday, October 6, one week before the rally, Larry Ward with the grassroots veterans organization Special Operations Speaks came across a Facebook page promoting a "Million Vet March on the Memorials," for Sunday, October 13.

The event was being organized by a small, apolitical group called Brats for Veterans Advocacy. The group describes itself as "military brats, current and former military spouses and some veterans" that were sharply disappointed with veterans being used as "political pawns" in the ongoing government shutdown."