Upcountry Tea Party Held
Event Hopes To Be Biggest Tea Party In SC

POSTED: 8:20 pm EDT April 17, 2010

Greenville, S.C. -- The crowd in front of the Bi-Lo center Saturday afternoon looked large enough for a concert.

There was music and foot-tapping, but no rock star.

Instead, Democrats, Republicans and even independents proved they could join forces to fight socialism.

“The U.S. was formed in 1776. I want to get back to the original floor plan of our founding fathers wrote up for us. We’re getting too far away from that and losing our freedom,â€