I personally attended the one in San Francisco.
* NEW JERSEY RALLY *
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| Alina Fernandez, daughter of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, speaks with Lazaro Gonzalez, the great uncle of Elian Gonzalez, at an office in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, May 9, 2000. Fernandez and Gonzalez are scheduled to speak Wednesday at a freedom rally in Jersey City. (AP Photo/Jeff Zelevansky) |
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| Alina Fernandez, left, Fidel Castro's daughter, listens as Elian Gonzalez's great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez, right, speaks at a rally at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Wednesday May 10, 2000. Both Gonzalez and Fernandez reiterated the stance that Elian Gonzalez should remain in the United States. The man in the middle, Jose Arango, interpreted for Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer) |
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| Elian Gonzalez's great-uncle , Lazaro Gonzalez, looks around an American flag as he glances over at Fidel Castro's daughter, Alina Fernandez, during a rally at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Wednesday May 10, 2000. Gonzalez and Fernandez reiterated their stance that Elian Gonzalez should remain in the United States. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer) |
* TAMPA RALLY *
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| Emilio Vazquez, from Tampa, Fla., waves an American flag across the street from the Elbert Park Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building in downtown Atlanta Wednesday, May 10, 2000. Vazquez, director of the Cuban American National Foundation, Tampa Bay (Fla.) Chapter, was one of a couple of demonstrators who showed up to protest sending Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba. The building will be the site of the 11th Circuit Court custody hearing on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) | Grace Vazquez, of Tampa, Fla., stands across from the Elbert Park Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building in downtown Atlanta Wednesday, May 10, 2000. Vazquez, with the Tampa Bay, Fla., Chapter of the Cuban American National Foundation was one of a couple of demonstrators who showed up to protest sending Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba. The building will be the site of the 11th Circuit Court custody hearing on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) |
* MIAMI RALLY *
| More than 500 hundred demonstrators carrying dozens of U.S. flags sang "God Bless America" and shouted "Justice for Elian" in a rally Wednesday, May 10, 2000 across the street from the Federal Courthouse in downtown Miami supporting the Cuban boy removed from the home of his Miami relatives. (AP Photo/Antar Torres) |
| A demonstrator holds a sign referring to Elian Gonzalezs' mother Wednesday May 10, 2000 during a demonstration in downtown Miami where over 500 persons gathered to protest recent events surrounding the six-year-old Cuban boy. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) |
* DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RALLY *
| Demonstrators from the Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism protest in support of Elian Gonzalez remaining in the U.S. in front of the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2000. (AP Photo/Kamenko Pajic) |
* HOUSTON RALLY *
| Demonstrators show their support for Elian Gonzalez outside the George Thomas Leland Federal Building in Houston Wednesday, May 10, 2000. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta will consider Thursday whether the 6-year-old boy can pursue an asylum claim to remain in the United States. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) |
| Lee Hallman, right, talks with Al Salazar as they demonstrate to show support for Elian Gonzalez outside the George Thomas Leland Federal Building in Houston Wednesday, May 10, 2000. Hallman is the Houston organizer for the group Americans to Keep Elian Free. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta will consider Thursday whether the 6-year-old boy can pursue an asylum claim. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) |
| Demonstrators Gloria Smith, left, and Kelly Hartford plant crosses with Elian Gonzalezs' name on them outside the George Thomas Leland Federal Building in Houston Wednesday, May 10, 2000. The group Americans to Keep Elian Free demonstrated to show support for Gonzalez to remain in the U.S. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta will consider Thursday whether the 6-year-old boy can pursue an asylum claim. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) |
* SAN FRANCISCO RALLY *
Following photographs taken by yours truly...
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| My two signs for the Liberty For Elian rally |
The San Francisco rally took place at Union Square, north of Market Street. The rally started at approximately 10am. From 60 to 100 people took part in the rally and the rally lasted for well over four hours.
It began with a march from the intersection of Market & Powell at a cable car terminus to Union Square. We marched around the plaza a number of times, drawing people's attention to this national disgrace.
A noon-time speech was given by a gentleman from the Ayn Rand Institute. Comparisons were drawn between Elian's inevitable fate in Cuba to slavery.
Our group was met with much apathy and occasional disruptions. So much for tolerant and compassion in the city by the bay.
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