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DNC Sunday: Tours, protests, preparations


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With no committee sessions today, there was time to take a tour of historic Philadelphia organized for the media (called “Breakfast and B-roll”), cover a couple of the marches (March For Bernie and March for a Clean Energy Revolution, and explore the press spaces in the Pennsylvania Convention Center (where the delegates will hold caucuses in the mornings and afternoons) and the Wells Fargo Center (where the evening speaking program will happen.) Here’s some pictures from the day.

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About twenty members of the media took a tour organized by Visit Philadelphia that included Independence Hall and the Libery Bell.
Early morning at Independence Hall.
Early morning at Independence Hall.
US Park Service tour guide Larry McClenney:"There are no words to describe the privilege of introducing visitors to our history."
US Park Service tour guide Larry McClenney:”There are no words to describe the privilege of introducing visitors to our history.”
The Rhode Island delegation (Stephen Hopkins and others) would have been at the second desk from the left in the front row.
The Rhode Island delegation (Stephen Hopkins and others) would have been at the second desk from the left in the front row.
March getting organized at Philadelphia City Hall.
March getting organized at Philadelphia City Hall.

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Marchers carry an anti-TPP "octopus."
Marchers carry an anti-TPP “octopus.”

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The Wells Fargo Arena from the press entrance at the edge of the frozen zone.
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Directory of press organizations in the media tents (and this does not include the networks, which had their own tent city in a different parking lot.)
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The media tents (smaller outlets, like RI Future), have space in a common filing area in the middle tent.
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Inside the Wells Fargo Arena; view is from the unaffiliated press seats in section 221.
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The view from the RI delegation’s seats.
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The RI delegation’s seats. Across from and slightly to the left of the podium, in the second bank of seats up from the floor.
The main stage at FDR Park, where the marchers ended up, and which will host rallies and events all week.
The main stage at FDR Park, where the marchers ended up, and which will host rallies and events all week.

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The security fence separating FDR Park from the Wells Fargo Arena.
The security fence separating FDR Park from the Wells Fargo Arena.
The Secret Service seems to have literally inspected and tagged every panel on every lamppost within and near the frozen zone.
The Secret Service seems to have literally inspected and tagged every panel on every lamppost within and near the frozen zone.

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