Kelvin Collins waves his Gadsden Flag (above) and upside down Colonial Flag
Teddy Johnson (Lugoff) dressed as a rider from Philadelphia, bringing the Declaration of Independence to SC
Cindy and Mike Vasovski (Aiken). Mike is running for a U. S. House Seat.
Jim Hanks, II, an organizer and emcee for "Wake Up South Carolina," with his son, Jim Hanks III.
Carolyn and Carl Jordan (Lexington)
James Stout speaking on behalf of SC's 9/12 Project about individuals' rights being under assault. Stout says he doesn't advocate that people do whatever they want. "I am advocating that adults make their own decisions and live with the consequences."
John Perna, a SC Constitutional rights activist, points out that not all representation is good representation. Dictatorships have representatives, too, he says.
Tom Webb (Camden) says, "this flag is an expression of the American right to say I'm not gonna." Webb is one of a large population of Southerners that say the Confederate flag is a symbol of states' rights. He points out that, during the Civil War era, slavery was not in the best interest of the majority of farmers in the South who owned small farms and couldn't compete with the large plantations.
Terry Funderburk talks about his experience of being arrested for protesting illegal immigration in 2007. He talks about the irony of the law, which says he can be arrested for name-calling or spitting on the side walk, but employers of illegal immigrants are free to break the law.
Ray Moore, director of Exodus Mandate, a movement that aims to get children out of public schools.
Tim Moultrie, former Chairman of the Lexington Co. Libertarian Party and a ten-time candidate for public office. He says liberty is a continuum, both civil and economic. "To claim our birthright (of freedom) we must have both," he says.
S. C. Campaign for Liberty co-coordinator, Talbert Black, David Byerly, Dean Weems (L-R)
Robert Hayes, from the League of the South's board of directors. The founding fathers rejected democracy, he says, but we're spreading it throughout the world. The states are sovereign. The federal governments are the servants, not the masters of the sovereign states, he adds.
Part of the crowd at the July 4 Tea Party
Patriotic band, Chaos leads in the singing of the national anthem.
Charleston dj, Radio Free Rocky D emcees
Bill Connor, a candidate for SC Lt. Governor, quotes Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty" speech. "This speech is about telling our elected officials we're not going to take it any more," says Connor.
Patricia Wheat, a Constitutional activist who is critical of the Federal Reserve system. "I'm gonna leave something for my children and my grandchildren," she says. She points to Zimbabwe as an example of the correlation between printing paper currency and inflation.
Holly Gatling, director of South Carolina Citizens for Life.
"We must demand that our elected officials respect our Constitution," says U. S. Sen. Jim DeMint
Rocky D waving a Gadsden flag, which says "don't tread on me." The saying is not a request, he says.
State Representative, Nikki Haley
"Government doesn't control us, we control government," says Haley. This is the philosophy we're all here for, she adds.
Campaign for Liberty state co-coordinator, Talbert Black address the crowd Friday at the "Wake Up South Carolina" rally. He says the two-party system is like two wings on the same bird of prey. "Stop feeding the bird," he says. "Let's clip its wings." Black spoke at both rallies.
