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The gathering drew spectators like Rita McWhorter, an older Eldorado resident who sat on the steps of a Presbyterian church across the street.

The gathering drew about 40,000 of the group's 2.8 million members to a city where almost one person a day dies by a handgun.

Witnesses said the gathering drew hundreds, if not thousands, of people to the intersection and shut down traffic on Vietnam's main north-south highway for several hours.

Richard Tsoi, a spokesman for the Human Civil Rights Front, which organized both rallies, said that tonight's peaceful gathering drew the 50,000 people that the group had expected even before the government withdrew the bill on Monday.

The gathering drew international headlines, prompted violent clashes with law enforcement and led to the mobilization of the National Guard and the installation of razor wire and roadblocks on rural byways.

An anti-immigration gathering drew only about 100 people here today for an educational conference that included speeches condemning illegal immigrants as invaders and criminals who are destroying suburban neighborhoods.

He said the gathering draws tens of thousands of people and wouldn't exist without support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

While the Elko gathering draws large numbers of California urbanites and Arizona retirees, about a third of the audience is composed of ranching families, said Charles Seemann, executive director of the Folklife Center.

The Sycamore Woods gathering draws 50 to 100 residents.

But her gatherings drew people from both sides of the political aisles, creating lasting bonds.

Thousands of workers waved American flags, marched to mariachi music and rallied for labor and immigrant rights in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, as May Day gatherings drew light but peaceful crowds.