| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2009_DC_Inaug_AABall_090120 | 309 | All American Inaugural Ball (2009) @ Westin Washington DC City Center
Seldom in our lifetime is an event of such high importance as to claim a prominent position in history. On January 20th, 2009 the inauguration of America’s 44th President is just such an occasion.
The All American Ball Inaugural Committee is proud to announce that the 4th All American Inaugural Ball... |
| 2009_DC_4th_Parade_090704 | 5 | DC -- 4th of July parade (2009)
Just a pass by -- don't expect much. |
| 2015_DC_4th_Parade_150704 | 52 | DC -- 4th of July parade (2015) |
| 2016_DC_4th_Parade_160704 | 165 | DC -- 4th of July parade (2016)
I made it through most of the parade this year. Various floats and folks including:
* Gay Vietzke (Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks),
* Deshauna Barber (Miss USA 2016),
* Cierra Jackson (Miss DC 2016),
* Nilah Pettus (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2016),
* Hannah Brewer (Miss... |
| 2009_DC_Pride_090614 | 35 | DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2009) -- except stage performances |
| 2009_DC_PrideP_090614 | 179 | DC -- Capital Pride Festival (2009) -- stage performances
Including performances by:
- DC Swoing,
- Sister Funk,
- DC Cowboys,
- Ella Fitzgerald (not that one),
- Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC,
- Odd Girl Out,
- Lori Michaels,
- Vanessa Conde,
- Martha Wash, and
- RuPaul |
| 2007_DC_Pride_March_070609 | 92 | DC -- Capital Pride March (2007)
Large contingent of churches joins Pride celebration
Mayor Fenty leads group of elected officials in parade
By LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, June 15, 2007
Surging crowds lining the parade route added to the enthusiasm of this year’s 32nd annual Pride festivities as thousands turned out for last... |
| 2024_02_03D2_Embrace_CNewYr | 26 | DC -- Chinese New Year Celebration (2024)
A Prosperous Celebration of the Year of the Dragon!
The DowntownDC BID invites you to Embrace the Magic of the Lunar New Year! Join us on Saturday, February 3 from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Chinatown Park/Lotus Plaza (I Street between 5th & 6th Streets NW) for a free, family-friendly kick-off... |
| 2012_DC_CNewYr_120129 | 119 | DC -- Chinese New Year Parade (2012) |
| 2020_DC_CNewYr_200126 | 153 | DC -- Chinese New Year Parade (2020)
2020 Lunar New Year Parade
Join Mayor Muriel Bowser at the 2020 Lunar New Year Parade as we celebrate the Year of the Rat!
Folks shown include (in sequence): Muriel Bowser, Jack Evans, DC City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Michael Shankle, Paul Strauss (DC's "Shadow Senator"), and Katelynne Cox... |
| 2024_02_03D1_Embrace_USRes070 | 7 | DC -- Downtown -- US Reservation 70 -- Promo for Embrace the Magic event
A Prosperous Celebration of the Year of the Dragon!
The DowntownDC BID invites you to Embrace the Magic of the Lunar New Year! Join us on Saturday, February 3 from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Chinatown Park/Lotus Plaza (I Street between 5th & 6th Streets NW) for a free, family-friendly kick-off... |
| 2021_DC_FDouglassBCD_210906 | 107 | DC -- Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge 5K & Community Day
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge 5K & Community Day
Join us to celebrate the NEW Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge!
Mayor Muriel Bowser invites residents from across all eight wards to celebrate the bridge opening with a day of family-friendly fun, food, and live music.
Residents of all ages and... |
| 2015_DC_Grand_Review_150517 | 102 | DC -- Grand Review of the Armies Parade
Join over 1,500 marchers, and spectators in viewing this commemoration of the Grand Review of the Armies
On May 23, 1865, the Army of the Potomac would march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Soldiers of the armies of Georgia and the Tennessee would take center stage the next day. In all, more than 150,000... |
| 2017_DC_Inaug_170120 | 26 | DC -- Inaugural events (2017) -- Around the Politico event
Given that I was at the Politico inaugural event, I wasn't anywhere near the Mall for the inauguration. Which was fine since I'm not exactly a fan of the new regime. So just a few photos on the way to the Politico event and of the vandalism that happened during the inauguration. |
| 2017_DC_Inaug_Parade_170120 | 68 | DC -- Inaugural events (2017) -- Parade seen from Hotel W |
| 1981_DC_Inaug_Parade_810120 | 29 | DC -- Inaugural parade (1981) (Reagan and Bush) |
| 1989_DC_Inaug_Parade_890120 | 37 | DC -- Inaugural parade (1989)
This is what your view looks like if you really don't have any vantage point at all. |
| 2009_DC_Inaug_Parade_090120 | 50 | DC -- Inaugural parade (2009)
I hadn't tried to see an inauguration since 1993 but this was Barack Obama! It was bitterly cold. The event was delayed because Senator Kennedy had had a seizure in the Capital. And neither Barack nor Joe Biden were outside of their vehicles by the time they reach my position at the Canadian Embassy.... |
| 1993_DC_Reunion_Mall_930117 | 11 | DC -- Inaugural "America's Reunion on the Mall" celebration @ National Mall (1993)
AMERICA'S REUNION ON THE MALL -- A free festival of entertainment on January 17, 1993 in synch with Bill Clinton's "Call for Reunion" first inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. There were a bunch of tents set up on the Mall with various performances. From outside the tent, I tried to... |
| 1993_DC_Reunion_Lincoln_930117 | 71 | DC -- Inaugural "Call for Reunion" celebration @ Lincoln Memorial (1993)
"CALL FOR REUNION" -- A free concert at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring Quincy Jones and other big-name entertainers. The concert starts at 3 p.m. Around 6 p.m., after the concert, President-elect Clinton will lead a procession from the memorial across the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the circle between... |
| 1981_DC_Inauguration_810120 | 4 | DC -- Inauguration ceremony (1981) (Reagan and Bush) from a distance |
| 1989_DC_Inauguration_890120 | 8 | DC -- Inauguration (1989)
This is what your view looks like if you really don't have any vantage point at all. |
| 2017_DC_MemDay_Parade_170529 | 433 | DC -- Memorial Day parade (2017)
The National Memorial Day Parade, held annually along Constitution Avenue in our nation’s capital – Washington, DC – shares the story of American honor and sacrifice from across the generations. The parade, commemorating its thirteenth year, is our nation’s largest Memorial Day event, drawing hundreds... |
| 2022_DC_MemDay_Parade_220530 | 82 | DC -- Memorial Day Parade (2022)
The National Memorial Day Parade returns LIVE in 2022! For the first time since 2019, the parade returns to Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, in the nation’s largest Memorial Day salute to the men and women who have sacrificed for our country.
Attend the parade live, in person, or watch on... |
| 2017_DC_Khalsa_170408 | 5 | DC -- National Khalsa Day Parade Washington DC
Just a couple of pass-by photos. |
| 2013_DC_CB_Race_130407 | 24 | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- 10 Mile Race |
| 2012_DC_CB_Parade_120414 | 390 | DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Parade (2012)
The 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade® is Saturday, April 14 from 10:00am to 12:30pm, rain or shine. One of DC’s largest spectator events, the energy-filled Parade runs along Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th streets, NW, and is televised live on ABC7/WJLA-TV and NewsChannel8. The Parade... |
| 2017_DC_LP_Inaug_Band_170118 | 6 | DC -- Rally: Army Band assembles for Inauguration @ Lafayette Park |
| 2010_DC_Ringling_Parade_100316 | 23 | DC -- Ringling Brothers Circus Parade |
| 2023_DC_PurpleStride_230429 | 37 | DC -- Run: PanCAN PurpleStride 2023
Join us for PanCAN PurpleStride 2023 on Saturday, April 29, 2023, in 60 events across the country!
PurpleStride is the ultimate walk to end pancreatic cancer. Wherever you are, you can help create that sea of purple to honor those we lost, celebrate survivors and raise funds for essential research like... |
| 1999_DC_Race4Cure_990605 | 92 | DC -- Run: Race for the Cure (1999) |
| 2000_DC_Race4Cure_000603 | 47 | DC -- Run: Race for the Cure (2000) |
| 2017_DC_Trot4Hunger_171123 | 12 | DC -- Run: Trot for Hunger 2017 |
| 2023_DC_Trot4Hunger_231123 | 5 | DC -- Run: Trot for Hunger 2023
America's Trot for Hunger
Presented by SOME (So Others Might Eat)
For the past 21 years, the SOME Trot for Hunger has been the largest and only Thanksgiving Day race in DC. But hunger isn't tied to one season, or even one place. This year, join us for America's Trot for Hunger as we shine a... |
| 2009_DC_St_Patrick_090315 | 86 | DC -- St Patrick's Parade |
| 2012_IN_Hog_Ride_120810 | 23 | IN -- Indianapolis -- ABATE Ride w/Governor Mitch Daniels
Daniels rides hog for charity
By Jenn Zellers
Aug 10, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS -- Mitch Daniels hopped on his hog to help raise money fro the National Guard.
Hundreds gathered for the annual ABATE ride which kicked off Friday morning at the Indiana Statehouse.
This is Daniels final ride as... |
| 2009_MD_Poe_Funeral_091011 | 118 | MD -- Baltimore -- Edgar Allan Poe Funeral Procession
On Sunday, October 11, 2009, under police escort, Poe’s body will travel from his Amity Street home to the Westminster Hall for the funeral services and internment in the family plot in the historic Westminster graveyard. The procession will be led by the Loch Raven Pipes and Drums. Anticipated... |
| 2002_MD_SS_Parade_021123 | 51 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thanksgiving Day Parade (2002) and Day of Remembrance w/Charles Moose
This was the Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade: A Salute to Law Enforcement. This had been the year of the sniper and the parade was dedicated "to honor the victims of the recent shootings in the region and to salute the law enforcement officers who worked so diligently on all fronts during the... |
| 2008_MD_Parade_081122 | 21 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thanksgiving Day Parade (2008)
I wasn't trying to see the Thanksgiving Parade this day. I was trying to get to the subway to get downtown and couldn't see a way to drive through the parade so I parked my car on my side of the parade and walked through the parade to get to Metro. I saw it for maybe 5 minutes. But I couldn't resist... |
| 2009_MD_SS_Parade_091121 | 65 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thanksgiving Day Parade (2009) |
| 2009_MD_SS_ParadeAI_091121 | 132 | MD -- Silver Spring -- Thanksgiving Day Parade (2009) -- Amnesty International float
March with the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival in the Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade!
Why are we marching?
We are raising awareness of the upcoming Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival to be held all over Silver Spring April 23-25, 2010
For more information about the... |
| 2004_DC_AmerInd_Proc_040921 | 57 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Native Nations Procession @ Mall
The grand opening of the National Museum of the American Indian began with a procession. As the brochure described it: "Thousands of Native people and non-Native supporters [there was, for example, an Environmental Protection Agency group in the parade] from throughout the Western Hemisphere, many in... |
| 2009_NY_TelAviv100_090531 | 74 | NY -- NYC -- Event: Salute to Israel Parade
Thousands march, celebrate Israel at NYC parade
By KAREN MATTHEWS
The Associated Press
Sunday, May 31, 2009; 3:04 PM
NEW YORK -- Tens of thousands of supporters of Israel crowded New York's Fifth Avenue on Sunday as part of the annual parade celebrating the birth of the Jewish state in 1948.
This... |
| 2008_VA_Mardi_Gras_080205 | 79 | VA -- Arlington -- Mardi Gras Parade (2008) |
| 2009_VA_Mardi_Gras_090224 | 50 | VA -- Arlington -- Mardi Gras Parade (2009) |