About a dozen persons filled the upstairs room, Tuesday night, at Old Original Nick’s Roast Beef in Springfield for the meeting of the Delaware County Patriots.
The Patriots are the Tea Party group for the suburban Philadelphia county.
There were singles and couples, and ages ranged from 23 to seasoned citizens. The meeting was for mostly getting acquainted. Attendees were asked their reasons for getting involved. Almost all said it was a desire to find like-minded people and to save the country.
About two-thirds of the way through, after the beer and other drinks and delicious sandwiches, one fellow suggested a prayer be said, which is a rather unusual time to have a meeting prayer. He didn’t want to say it, though, so the fellow sitting across from him volunteered.
And what he prayed was for the Lord to watch our nation and our leaders — and he pointedly noted all our leaders to no objections — and he asked for it in Jesus’ name.
So much for the claims of hate.
The Delco Patriots have a website and a Facebook page. The group’s larger meetings have been held at Kings Mills banquet hall in Aston.
Nick’s has locations in Springfield and Philadelphia. Rush Limbaugh has been known to enjoy a meal there.
It was a pleasure to have you and your Dad at our first ever “New Members” social meeting of the Delaware County Patriots. Amazing how a roomful of strangers, regardless of age, so readily identified with each other as we discussed why we feel so compelled to “do something”. Welcome to our group!
It was a pleasure and lot of fun Cathy. Thanks for the invite