Trucker convoys from across the U.S. are expected to arrive in the D.C. region Sunday. Organizers say they plan to drive around the Capital Beltway loop twice.
Thousands of truckers began traveling this week toward the nation's capital as part of the People's Convoy. The convoy stopped in Hagerstown, Maryland Friday, and stayed there for 2 nights before bringing their protest closer to D.C. on Sunday.Hundreds of people from the D.C. area are lined up along the roads to support them. Thousands of truckers began traveling this week toward the nation's capital as part of the American Trucker's Freedom Convoy.
Initially the groups had planned to drive toward D.C. during the day Saturday, but organizers decided to stay and rally in Hagerstown Saturday night. Several convoys have joined forces with the People's Convoy that made the cross-country journey from California. Their message, according to Lewis, is: "Nobody should have to be forced to do something they’re not willing, that they don’t feel is right for them."
"We all have one purpose and its just that we want to keep our freedoms, and we don’t want them taken away," added Craig Wroblewski, a trucker from Northville, Michigan. "These guys stood up, coming from all over the country and standing up for their freedom and I stand behind them 100 percent," said Charles Timbrook, a Martinsburg, West Virginia native who cheered for the truckers as they arrived.