(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of July 4, 2005, Falun Gong
practitioners from the New York Metropolitan and Washington DC areas
participated for the fourth time in the Independence Day Parade held on
Constitution Avenue in the capital city of the USA. They displayed Falun Dafa's
wonderfulness to local people and visitors, and were well-received.
The weather was fine and the temperature was agreeable. It is estimated that
more than 500,000 people were present for the series of celebration activities,
including the Independence Day Parade.
Over the past several years, through Falun Gong practitioners' persistent
truth-clarifying efforts, many American people have learned about the facts of
Falun Gong to differing extents. A middle-aged western man saw Falun Gong
practitioners in the parade and said to the writer, "They (refer to
practitioners) are good people."
The Falun Gong practitioners' contingent was composed of a float with
practitioners demonstrating the exercises, a celestial maidens group, waist
drummers and a flag group.
 
Falun Dafa banner in both Chinese and English |
Falun Dafa and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance flags in both English
and Chinese |
Huge crowd of spectators |
Exercise demonstration and young practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts
on the float
Waist drum performance
Celestial maidens group
