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Re: Counting the Crowd

Found something that might be useful if anyone really needs objective numbers:

This photo:

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/assets_c/2009/09/912aerial-thumb-400x537.jpg


And this article on Park Service crowd estimation from the Inaugural.

There's nobody in front of the Capitol, but there are many people around the Washington Monument. From the diagram in the article, it's a safe estimate that there are at least 1 million people there, but that 2 million would be a huge exaggeration.

EDIT: Photo is not of the September 12 rally. See Corrections below.

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