In January 1979, nearly 3,000 farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C., many of them from thousands of miles away.
Soon after the rally was over, the Home Administration resumed foreclosures of farms with past due loans.
[3] A blizzard hit while they were in town, and then the tractors became useful as they were the only vehicles that could reliably travel through the snow, often delivering doctors and nurses to hospitals.
[4] A group of Maryland farmers attempted to repair the damage to the Mall, by sowing grass seed.
[2] Concern that traffic would be hopelessly tangled led DC area commuters to head to transit in record numbers.