Did this: Photos from the Women's March on Washington

As we've previously noted, the the Women's March on Washington drew hundreds of thousands, including thousands of marchers from Florida.

CL photographer Anthony Martino rode on a bus that drove up from Tampa, and came across some interesting sights while embedded with the team of activists who made the trek in order to voice their concerns over potential erosion of cicil liberties and what they see as an ominous tone the president, his administration and his supporters are setting.

Marchers gathered in a parking lot to wait for the but.

click to enlarge DC-bound protesters gather in a local parking lot and wait to load the bus. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
DC-bound protesters gather in a local parking lot and wait to load the bus.

Marchers gathered to wait for their whirlwind northward trip to start.

Many were already decked out in pro-diversity, anti-Trump insignia.

click to enlarge Did this: Photos from the Women's March on Washington
Anthony Martino

Two young women create signs as they wait.

click to enlarge Two young women create protest signs as they wait. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
Two young women create protest signs as they wait.

The line forms, pink hats and all.

click to enlarge Waiting to board with signs, pink hats. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
Waiting to board with signs, pink hats.

On the road.

click to enlarge On the road. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
On the road.

Traffic jam.

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Anthony Martino

A line of buses that carried riders from other regions.

click to enlarge A line of buses that carried marchers from other regions. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
A line of buses that carried marchers from other regions.

The area in the front of the Capitol Building is packed.

click to enlarge In front of the Capitol Building, the march is packed. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
In front of the Capitol Building, the march is packed.

The kiddos.

click to enlarge At marches across the country, including the main DC one, protesters brought their kids. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
At marches across the country, including the main DC one, protesters brought their kids.

The sign on the right references former First Lady Michelle Obama's Democratic National Convention speech.

click to enlarge One sign that references former First Lady Michelle Obama's Democratic National Conventional Convention in July. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
One sign that references former First Lady Michelle Obama's Democratic National Conventional Convention in July.

"Naked" truth.

click to enlarge Did this: Photos from the Women's March on Washington
Anthony Martino


Did this: Photos from the Women's March on Washington
Anthony Martino

Marchers stop by Trump International Hotel to deliver a message.

click to enlarge The march leads to DC's Trump International Hotel. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
The march leads to DC's Trump International Hotel.


click to enlarge Did this: Photos from the Women's March on Washington
Anthony Martino

They left a few messages for the president.

click to enlarge The signs pile up outside Trump's hotel. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
The signs pile up outside Trump's hotel.


Did this: Photos from the Women's March on Washington
Anthony Martino

More messages.

click to enlarge More signs outside the hotel. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
More signs outside the hotel.

The ever-present P-word.

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Anthony Martino

A panorama of just some of the crowd.

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Anthony Martino

Protesters in DC lament the close of the Obama era.

click to enlarge Protesters in DC lament the departure of the former president. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
Protesters in DC lament the departure of the former president.

The march passes a group called 'Blacks for Trump.'

click to enlarge The march passes by a pro-Trump group that calls itself 'Blacks for Trump.' - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
The march passes by a pro-Trump group that calls itself 'Blacks for Trump.'

More Trump supporters along the way.

click to enlarge More Trump supporters along the march route. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
More Trump supporters along the march route.

Marching into the night.

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Anthony Martino

click to enlarge A protester and a Trump supporter get into an argument. - Anthony Martino
Anthony Martino
A protester and a Trump supporter get into an argument.
























































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