<P> On August 28, more than 2,000 buses, 21 chartered trains, 10 chartered airliners, and uncounted cars converged on Washington . All regularly scheduled planes, trains, and buses were also filled to capacity . </P> <P> Although Randolph and Rustin had originally planned to fill the streets of Washington, D.C., the final route of the March covered only half of the National Mall . The march began at the Washington Monument and was scheduled to progress to the Lincoln Memorial with a program of music and speakers . Demonstrators were met at the monument by speakers and musicians . Women leaders were asked to march down Independence Avenue, while the male leaders marched on Pennsylvania Avenue with the media . </P> <P> The march failed to start on time because its leaders were meeting with members of Congress . To the leaders' surprise, the assembled group began to march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial without them . The leaders met the March at Constitution Avenue, where they linked arms at the head of a crowd in order to be photographed' leading the march' . </P> <P> Marchers were not supposed to create their own signs, though this rule was not completely enforced by marshals . Most of the demonstrators did carry pre-made signs, available in piles at the Washington Monument . The UAW provided thousands of signs that, among other things, read: "There Is No Halfway House on the Road to Freedom," "Equal Rights and Jobs NOW," "UAW Supports Freedom March," "in Freedom we are Born, in Freedom we must Live," and "Before we'll be a Slave, we'll be Buried in our Grave ." </P>

Where did the freedom march end and begin