DC -- Lafayette Square -- BLM Plaza (16th Street, north of Lafayette Park):
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Description of Pictures: This was the year when the Black Lives Plaza became permanent -- the streets were ripped up yet again and the painted version of the "Black Lives Matter" letters were redone in stonework vs paint.
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BLMPLZ_210109_22.JPG: William Thomas Memorial
White House Anti-Nuclear
Peace Vigil 24/7
39+ years protesting human rights violations
BLMPLZ_210109_25.JPG: America
of the Rich
by the Rich
for the Rich
Not a real Democracy yet
BLMPLZ_210109_28.JPG: Racism has No Home Here
25th Amendment Now!
BLMPLZ_210109_31.JPG: Free the Indian Pelteir
We stole their land
BLMPLZ_210121_012.JPG: The Black Lives Matter street sign has been refreshed for a third time.
BLMPLZ_210121_019.JPG: An Appeal to Heaven is usually a Trumpster
BLMPLZ_210121_056.JPG: We are proud Antifa scum
Stop pretending your racism is patriotism
Domestic terrorists not welcomed
F--- White Jesus
BLMPLZ_210121_068.JPG: Impeach Expel Investigate
BLMPLZ_210121_075.JPG: This Trumpster kept videoing himself confronting the BLM folks.
BLMPLZ_210121_084.JPG: Blue brutality matters
Dear Santa, could you please bring us police reform for Christmas?
BLMPLZ_210121_091.JPG: [No] Domestic Terror!
BLMPLZ_210121_206.JPG: Sedition
When you're white, they let you do it
(BLM not soooo much)
BLMPLZ_210121_214.JPG: Blood sweat tears
Black
BLMPLZ_210121_217.JPG: Condolences 400,000+ Lost to COVID-19
BLMPLZ_210121_252.JPG: Dear Santa, could you please bring us police reform for Christmas?
BLMPLZ_210121_263.JPG: America
of the rich
by the rich
for the rich
not a real democracy yet
BLMPLZ_210121_274.JPG: Domestic terrorist
Evolution at work
I ain't gonna wear no mask
Non-survival of the dumbest!
BLMPLZ_210313_001.JPG: Stop Hating Each Other
Because you disagree...
TruthConductor.tv
[ Don Folden has apparently rebranded himself. It used to be DCBlackTours.com ]
BLMPLZ_210313_016.JPG: BLM protesters arrive
BLMPLZ_210313_064.JPG: Rest in Power
Ashanti Billie
May 13, 1998 - September 2017
She dreamed of opening her own bakery
Black Women's Lives Matter
[She was abducted and murdered by a man in Virginia Beach.]
BLMPLZ_210313_078.JPG: On the other hand of the BLM protesters were a group of young Trump supporters
BLMPLZ_210313_089.JPG: Rest in Power
Ebony Morgan
[The transgender Ebony Morgan was murdered in Lynchburg, VA in 2017.]
BLMPLZ_210313_117.JPG: Rest in Power
Angela Beatrice Randolph
BLMPLZ_210313_121.JPG: DC Peace Team members supervised the BLM march and stood by watching the Trumpsters.
According to https://dcpeaceteam.com/about-us/mision-vision/
Vision:
We envision a society committed to a more sustainable just peace.
Mission:
We commit to unleashing the power of ordinary civilians to increasingly become nonviolent people so our communities can become increasingly nonviolent and resistant to injustice, with a particular focus on scaling-up unarmed accompaniment and protection.
The DC Peace Team lives this mission by:
* deploying unarmed civilian protection units
* providing training in key nonviolent skills
* facilitating Restorative Circles
BLMPLZ_210313_146.JPG: This couple wanted their photo in front of the fence.
BLMPLZ_210313_163.JPG: Breonna Taylor
(Jun 5 1993 - Mar 13 2020)
...
Rest in Power
Memory for the Powerful
for the Black women we lost too soon
BLMPLZ_210313_195.JPG: The Trumpsters leave peacefully
BLMPLZ_210313_229.JPG: Rest in Power
Ashanti Carmon
June 8 1991 - March 30 2019
Described as "vibrant, young, and full of life"
Black Trans Lives Matter
BLMPLZ_210313_232.JPG: Rest in Power
Ayana J. McAllister
June 10 1998 - March 21 2017
She was described as a "social butterfly" & "fashion trendsetter"
Black Women's Lives Matter
BLMPLZ_210313_233.JPG: Rest in Power
Deeniquia Dodds
1993/1994 - July 13 2016
She loved "to make you laugh [and] smile"
Black Trans Lives Matter
BLMPLZ_210313_235.JPG: Rest in Power
India
BLMPLZ_210313_238.JPG: "Matter" is the minimum
BLMPLZ_210313_240.JPG: #SayHerName
Breonna Taylor
BLMPLZ_210313_243.JPG: Rest in Power
Crystal Edmonds
May 20 1984 - September 16 2016
She loved her family, makeup & fashion
Black Trans Lives Matter
BLMPLZ_210313_246.JPG: Rest in Power
India N. Nelson
November 30 1991 - July 17 2017
She was described as "extremely brilliant" nuclear technician
Black Women's Lives Matter
BLMPLZ_210404_20.JPG: You can see the markings on the pavement since they were about to rip up the street.
BLMPLZ_210404_55.JPG: God and Gen Marshall were against ... dump job on the ... after WWII
We should not be dumping millions of our Jewish victims on a poor desert Arab country conquered by the British
US President Truman forced the British to let millions European Jews move to the desert on the Arab after WWII
BLMPLZ_210404_78.JPG: Don Folden of DCBlackTours.com
He said he was not going to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
BLMPLZ_210426_01.JPG: I'm not sure what they're digging up (water mains?) but it means the "Black Lives Matter" writing on 16th Street is going to have to be redone yet again.
BLMPLZ_210510_07.JPG: Construction vehicles as they keep ripping up 16th Street here.
BLMPLZ_210514_017.JPG: He's wearing a studded tic-tac-toe pin
BLMPLZ_210514_023.JPG: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and television company Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The new business unit of SRG SSR became the largest electronic media house of German-speaking Switzerland. About 2,150 employees work for SRF in the four main studios in Basel, Bern, and Zürich.
BLMPLZ_210514_030.JPG: This was at least the fourth time the BLM Plaza "Black Lives Matter" letters had been redone.
BLMPLZ_210514_032.JPG: You can see the chalk outlines indicating where the stars were to be painted.
BLMPLZ_210514_057.JPG: Human rights violated by Modi govt in India
We support farmers in India
India supressing [sic] farmers
BLMPLZ_210514_090.JPG: End the Korean War!
US-DPR Korea Peace Treaty Now!
Stop Sanctions on DPR Korea!
Normalize US-DPR Korea Relations!
She's from a group which bills itself as "Korea Peace Now! Women Mobilizing To End The War". The website at https://koreapeacenow.org/ describes itself as a global coalition of women's peace organizations calling on the United States, North Korea, South Korea, and China to end the Korean War, sign a peace agreement, and to include women in the peace processes.
BLMPLZ_210523_04.JPG: As expected, the BLM Plaza street letters have been redone after the construction work on 16th Street was completed. This marks at least the fourth time they've had to be painted.
BLMPLZ_210705_05.JPG: On July 19, they ripped up the road again, this time to replace the BLM Plaza street surface with brick.
BLMPLZ_210906_005.JPG: Black Lives Matter Plaza
16th Street NW from K Street to I Street
Coming Soon
Construction Starts: July 19, 2021
Construction Ends: October 1, 2021 * ( * weather permitting)
The permanent installation of Black Lives Matter Plaza
Once completed, the project will protect pedestrian safety while accommodating vehicles and keeping with the spirit of the original mural design.
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BLMPLZ_211021_01.JPG: Black Lives Matter Plaza
Coming Soon
Construction Starts: July 19, 2021
Construction Ends: Oct. [NOTE EXACT DATE WAS CROSSED OUT] 2021
The permanent installation of Black Lives Matter Plaza
Once completed, the project will protect pedestrian safety while accommodating vehicles and keeping with the spirit of the original mural design.
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Wikipedia Description: Black Lives Matter Plaza
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Lives Matter Plaza (officially Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest) is a two-block-long pedestrian section of 16th Street NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. The plaza was renamed by Mayor Muriel Bowser on June 5, 2020, after the Department of Public Works painted the words "Black Lives Matter" in 35-foot (11 m) yellow capital letters, along with the flag of Washington, D.C., as part of the George Floyd protests.
Naming
On June 5, 2020, during the George Floyd protests, the DC Public Works Department painted the words "Black Lives Matter" in 35-foot-tall (11 m) yellow capital letters on 16th Street NW on the north of Lafayette Square, part of President's Park near the White House, with the assistance of the MuralsDC program of the DC Department of Public Works, with the DC flag accompanying the text. On the same date, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser announced that part of the street outside of the White House had been officially renamed to Black Lives Matter Plaza posted with a street sign. When announcing the renaming, she said, "Breonna Taylor, on your birthday, let us stand with determination." In a press conference, she explained, "There are people who are craving to be heard and to be seen and to have their humanity recognized. We had the opportunity to send that message loud and clear on a very important street in our city." In October 2020, the DC City Council voted to keep the name permanently.
The naming of the street has been seen by many as not only a reaction to the protests but part of it.
Mayor Bowser's decision to rename the segment of 16th Street NW as a public gathering place, or plaza, followed DC precedent for the commemorative renaming of city streets, under the Code of the District of Columbia.
In September 2020, according to WUSA9, the Federal Highway Administration, Mayor Bowser's office and area business were engaged in talks about removin ...More...
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2021 photos: This year was filled with hope. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us but it was hoped that restoring sanity to the White House. the rapid vaccine role-out, and a government that finally cared would put things back to normal again. But the force was strong in the evil anti-vaxxer movement and the virus variants made quick use of that so we're still dealing with this crap. Plus the continued impact of the Trump putsch attempt... Sigh.
Trips this year:
after getting fully vaccinated, I made a trip down to Asheville, NC in May to visit my dad and his wife Dixie and returned again in early October,
in mid-July, I made a quick trip up to Stockbridge, MA to see the Norman Rockwell Museum again as well as Daniel Chester French's place @ Chesterwood.
Number of photos taken this year: about 283,000, slightly up from 2020 but still really low.