WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the 15th straight year, the Knights of Columbus, Council 211 located in Norwich organized a bus trip to venture down to the annual March for Life last Friday, January 27.

The pro-life rally and march, which takes place every year in the nation's capital, attracts people of all faiths from across the world to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States.

Knights of Columbus member Jim Reynolds, who has attended each of the last 15 marches, described his experience at the march as simply ‘powerful.’

“It's hard to describe the feeling if you haven't been,” said Reynolds. “People of all faiths were in attendance and they all were peaceful and praying – it's a unifying force.”

According to Reynolds, the march typically attracts around 300,000 marchers, but this year's event saw nearly 500,000 attendees. Reynolds attested this to the fact that there is a pro-life President and Congress for the first time in decades, and also because Vice President Mike Pence was in attendance as this year's featured speaker.

Prior to the rally and the march, members of the Knights of Columbus, Council 211 attended a Mass ceremony at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

“There were a lot of young people there, enthusiastic for life. And it was a beautiful sermon from the bishop,” said Dwayne Williams, who like Reynolds, has attended each of the last 15 marches. “And afterwards, the march was peaceful – nobody was out to get anyone. Just everybody enthusiastic about life itself, cheering and supporting the babies who couldn't speak up themselves.”