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2022_CA_Protest_KidnappedSD8CA -- Protest: Kidnapped by FBI crazy guy (in San Diego!)
2021_DC_Losers_Armory41DC -- Barney Circle -- Armory -- National Guard staging area for troops here to protect American democracy
2010_DC_Earth_Week58DC -- Event: Earth Week (2010) @ Mall
Including: Earth Day with Kenji Williams

The DLN teamed with director and violinist Kenji Williams to present an out of this world experience known as Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth). This one-of-a-kind multimedia journey of Earth, as observed from space, combined his music with NASA imagery. Bella Gaia...
2000_DC_Equality_Rocks_00042927DC -- Event: Equality Rocks concert @ RFK Stadium
Equality Rocks

The Millennium March on Washington was an event to raise awareness and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and issues of LGBT rights in the US, it was held April 28 through April 30, 2000 in Washington, DC. The Millennium Pride Festival was held prior to...
2020_DC_Prayer_March_20092641DC -- Event: Franklin Graham's DC Prayer March @ National Mall
A largely maskless crowd (the sooner to meet JC I guess) talking about how good has become evil and evil has become good. You could have thught that meant they were anti-Trump, but nope.
I asked one guy if he thought that the child president believed in a power higher than himself and money. He said...
2020_DC_In_America_CC_201130135DC -- Event: In America: How could this happen... -- Closing Ceremony
This was the closing ceremony for the event. Speakers included:
* David Balto, Chaplain, Washington General Hospital
* Christopher Meldrum, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
* Fr. John Enzler, Catholic Church
* Nathan Phillips explains the significance of the flag in the...
2020_DC_In_America_PC_201102140DC -- Event: In America: How could this happen... -- Press Conference
A press conference celebrating Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's "In America: How could this happen..." art installation happened on election eve. Speakers were:
* Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, artist
* Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC
* Jose Andres, World Central Kitchen
* Nancy Pelosi, Speaker...
2022_DC_In_America2_Anniv_22091893DC -- Event: In America: Remember -- One Year Reunion
Hi all,
It's been a year exactly and we thought it would be nice to gather on the Mall, back at the installation site, to catch up, remember, and reflect. And eat pizza. We'll meet tomorrow (Sunday 9/18) at 6:00pm where the white volunteer tent was staged and find a spot nearby. And stay 'till sunset....
2021_DC_In_America2CC_211003169DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) -- Closing Ceremony
Speakers for this event:
* Doreen Gentzler
* Suzanne Firstenberg
* Debbie Darling Norris
* Reverend Mahogany S. Thomas, Executive Minister of Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C
* Keith W. Byrd, Sr. of Zion Baptist Church
* Debbie Allen of the Secular Coalition...
2021_DC_In_America2OC_210917225DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) -- Opening Ceremony
In America: Remember Opening Ceremony
Prelude: The String Queens
Host: Dana Bash, CNN anchor & chief political correspondent
Welcome: Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, Artist & Creator In America: Remember
Lift Every Voice: Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, arrangement by Roland Carter
Remarks: Deb Haaland,...
2021_DC_In_America2_PB17DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) -- Presidential fly-byes
The President's helicopter flew over the installation periodically.
2021_DC_In_America2P_BR_21100251DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Buffalo Rose
2021_DC_In_America2P_CC_21093046DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Ceylon and Christian
2021_DC_In_America2P_CJ_21092465DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Charonda Johnson
2021_DC_In_America2P_CS_21091823DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Christian Simmons
2021_DC_In_America2P_DO_21100141DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Dokun Oke
2021_DC_In_America2P_DE_2109309DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Kristen Arant Drum Ensemble: Belle Belle
2021_DC_In_America2P_PW_21100216DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Pam Ward (@officiallybunni_j)
2021_DC_In_America2P_RG_21092988DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Rodrick Guiles and Grace
2021_DC_In_America2P_SP_21092639DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Shane Palko
2021_DC_In_America2P_JC_21092767DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Shane Palko and Jason Chu
2019_DC_Monument_QThanks_19060263DC -- Event: Monument Quilt @ National Mall -- Thank You Ceremony
2021_DC_Signs_Biden40DC -- Event: Placards up for Biden-Harris Inauguration @ National Mall
2022_DC_Thoughts_Prayers_22032499DC -- Event: Thoughts and Prayers (March for Our Lives) @ Mall
Today, on the four-year anniversary of our historic march on Washington, we ( March For Our Lives ) returned to DC to show that “thoughts and prayers” from politicians are not enough. MFOL activists and survivors of the Parkland shooting placed over 1,100 body bags on the mall in front of the Capitol...
1996_DC_AIDS_Quilt10DC -- Exhibit: AIDS Quilt (1996) @ Mall
2000_DC_AIDS_Quilt5DC -- Exhibit: AIDS Quilt (2000) @ Mall
2009_DC_FP_Abortion_0909114DC -- Exhibit: Anti-Abortion display @ Freedom Plaza
Interesting idea. The handwriting on the notes I saw, however, seems to have all been done by the same person which seriously detracts from the presumed realism of the display.
2020_DC_Covid_Memorial_20092362DC -- Exhibit: Covid Memorial Project @ National Mall
The COVID Memorial Project was a GoFundMe-funded project which planted 20,000 US flags, one of every ten Americans who had died of COVID. The flags were installed on September 22, 2020 and were removed on schedule the following day. From their GoFundMe page:

The Covid Memorial Project is a...
2006_DC_Eyes37DC -- Exhibit: Eyes Wide Open @ National Mall
Eyes Wide Open, AFSC’s widely acclaimed exhibit of boots and shoes commemorating the casualties of the Iraq war is returning to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. after a tour of more than 70 cities.
This year, the exhibit anchors a larger four-day event (schedule below), Silence of the Dead –...
2021_DC_Biden_Flags44DC -- Exhibit: Field of Flags for Biden inauguration @ National Mall
Because of concerns over additional militant seditious actions by Trump sheep, the Biden inauguration was largely devoid of public participation. To mark this, a Field of Flags was installed on the National Mall representing Americans who could not attend Biden's inauguration. Rouhgly 191,500 US flags...
2021_DC_Gun_Violence_Mem226DC -- Exhibit: Giffords Gun Violence Memorial @ Mall
GUN VIOLENCE MEMORIAL

The Gun Violence Memorial is an installation on the National Mall in Washington DC to remember victims of gun violence and inspire the #CourageToAct. These 40,000 flowers represent the number of Americans who die from gun violence each year. Open to the public Tuesday, April 13,...
2008_DC_HATO104DC -- Exhibit: Hands Across The Ocean @ National Mall
Massive International Art Exhibit Displayed on the National Mall

WASHINGTON, DC – A half-mile long series of aquatic murals painted under the direction of acclaimed artist Wyland were unveiled yesterday at the National Mall & Memorial Parks. National Park Service Director Mary A. Bomar welcomed...
2022_DC_Hero_Art_Project_202253DC -- Exhibit: Hero Art Project @ National Mall
Hero Art Project - National Mall
Thursday, November 10, 2022 – Monday, November 28, 2022
The Hero Art Project is on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. November 10-28, 2022. View our collection of 100+ portraits of healthcare heroes who lost their lives while fighting COVID-19 and saving the lives...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M10351DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_10 October (Visits 1-6) 222,220 --> 229,711 dead
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's In America: How could this happen... installation commerating the United States' losses from COVID-19 was at the DC Armory/RFK Stadium in the third quarter of 2020. Originally, the installation was set to run from October 23 to November 6. In a press conference held on...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M11A259DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_11A November Wk 1 (Visits 7-11) 231,003 --> 235,056 dead
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's In America: How could this happen... installation commerating the United States' losses from COVID-19 was at the DC Armory/RFK Stadium in the third quarter of 2020. Originally, the installation was set to run from October 23 to November 6. In a press conference held on...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M11B249DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_11B November Wk 2 (Visits 12-16) 236,178 --> 242,435 dead
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's In America: How could this happen... installation commerating the United States' losses from COVID-19 was at the DC Armory/RFK Stadium in the third quarter of 2020. Originally, the installation was set to run from October 23 to November 6. In a press conference held on...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M11C281DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_11C November Wk 3 (Visits 17-21) 244,448 --> 252,861 dead
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's In America: How could this happen... installation commerating the United States' losses from COVID-19 was at the DC Armory/RFK Stadium in the third quarter of 2020. Originally, the installation was set to run from October 23 to November 6. In a press conference held on...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M11D278DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_11D November Wk 4 (Visits 22-27) 254,489 --> 263,525 dead
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's In America: How could this happen... installation commerating the United States' losses from COVID-19 was at the DC Armory/RFK Stadium in the third quarter of 2020. Originally, the installation was set to run from October 23 to November 6. In a press conference held on...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M11E288DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_11E November Wk 5 (Visits 28-30) 263,525 --> 267,080 dead
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's In America: How could this happen... installation commerating the United States' losses from COVID-19 was at the DC Armory/RFK Stadium in the third quarter of 2020. Originally, the installation was set to run from October 23 to November 6. In a press conference held on...
2020_DC_In_America_2020M12251DC -- Exhibit: In America: How could this happen... (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2020_12 Deinstall (Visits 31-34)
The flags started to be picked up on December 1 and we were done by the end of the day on the 3rd..
2021_DC_In_America2V205DC -- Exhibit: In America: Remember -- Viewed from Washington Monument and NMAAHC (Multiple visits)
When the In America: Remember installation was going up (September 14 to to 20th), I tried to go up into the Washington Monument twice a day to photograph its creation -- over a dozen times over a week. After it was mostly finished, I went into the National Museum of African American History and Culture...
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk1573DC -- Exhibit: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 1 (Sep 14-19) (Visits 1-6) 666,624 --> 673,484 dead
Regular pictures of the In America: Remember installation are grouped into four separate pages by week:
* Week 1 = September 14-19 (initial install)
* Week 2 = September 20-26
* Week 3 = September 27-October 3 (final week)
* Week 4 = October 4-6 (deinstallation)
Pictures from performances and...
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk2230DC -- Exhibit: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 2 (Sep 20-26) (Visits 7-10) 673,484 --> 687,764 dead
Regular pictures of the In America: Remember installation are grouped into four separate pages by week:
* Week 1 = September 14-19 (initial install)
* Week 2 = September 20-26
* Week 3 = September 27-October 3 (final week)
* Week 4 = October 4-6 (deinstallation)
Pictures from performances and...
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk3329DC -- Exhibit: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 3A (Sep 27-Oct 3) (Visits 11-16) 688,245 --> 700,975 dead
Regular pictures of the In America: Remember installation are grouped into four separate pages by week:
* Week 1 = September 14-19 (initial install)
* Week 2 = September 20-26
* Week 3 = September 27-October 3 (final week)
* Week 4 = October 4-6 (deinstallation)
Pictures from performances and...
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk4398DC -- Exhibit: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) (Oct 4-6) (Visits 17-19) Deinstall
Regular pictures of the In America: Remember installation are grouped into four separate pages by week:
* Week 1 = September 14-19 (initial install)
* Week 2 = September 20-26
* Week 3 = September 27-October 3 (final week)
* Week 4 = October 4-6 (deinstallation)
Pictures from performances and...
2019_DC_Iran1988_19091224DC -- Exhibit: Iran 1988 Massacre @ U.S. Capitol
Iran: 1988 Massacre
Ongoing Human Rights Violations
US Capitol Ground [sic]
September 12, 2019
#1988IranMassacre
#NoImpunity4Mullahs
#FreeIran
2019_DC_Monument_Quilt_190602290DC -- Exhibit: Monument Quilt @ National Mall -- Quilt Itself
The Monument Quilt, a project of Baltimore based FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, is a collection of over 3,000 stories by survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence and our allies, written, painted, and stitched onto red fabric. Our stories literally blanket highly public, outdoor places to create...
2021_DC_PETA_No_Consent35DC -- Exhibit: PETA Without Consent @ National Mall
2023_DC_PETA_Speciesism15DC -- Exhibit: Scuptures by Quill Hyde against Speciesism @ Mall
2020_DC_Sea_Level_2009066DC -- Exhibit: Sea Level Rise @ National Mall
Vinny Valetutti lives in Massachusetts and came down for the weekend to put his truck here on the Mall and talk about climate change.
"Since the peak of the last Ice Age, sea levels have risen 400 feet. Greenland and Antarctica are beginning to melt. If they melt completely, sea levels will rise...
2020_DC_Societys_Cage96DC -- Exhibit: Society's Cage installation @ National Mall
Society's Cage – A Statement on the Forces of Systemic Racism

From https://www.smithgroup.com/societys-cage
Society’s Cage is a timely interpretive installation born in the aftermath of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders as our society reckons with institutional racism and white supremacy....
2023_DC_Colorectal_Cancer_23032032DC -- Exhibit: United in Blue National Mall Installation @ Washington Monument
United in Blue National Mall Installation
According to their website ( https://fightcolorectalcancer.org/united-in-blue/ ) :
This installation represents our community's desire for more research, more treatment options, more funding, and more lives saved. The installation is a visual representation of...
2016_DC_Democracy_Spring_16041119DC -- Exhibit: #DemocracySpring @ U.S. Capitol
News reports varied their estimates of the crowd -- "hundreds", "300+", "400+" and even "thousands". From the democracyspring.org website:
Now is the time to take mass nonviolent action on a historic scale to save our democracy. Following a ten-day, 140-mile march from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia...
2021_DC_BLM_Plaza_Signs64DC -- Lafayette Square -- BLM Plaza protest signs
2022_DC_ICAR10DC -- Mall -- Event: ICAR exhibit
1979_DC_Pope_19791018DC -- Mall -- Event: Pope John Paul II
2023_DC_Fallen_Freedom_23031288DC -- Mall -- Exhibit: Fallen for Freedom in Iran
Fallen for Freedom in Iran, a memorial displayed on 3/10/23, in Washington D.C, to honor the lives and sacrifice of women in Iran.
These women were killed for opposing the Islamic Republic gender-apartheid regime.
2021_DC_Soul_Box_211017300DC -- Mall -- Exhibit: Soul Box
The Soul Box Project on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
This Loss We Carry
October 16-17, 2021

The Soul Box Project exhibit on the National Mall has been our the largest memorial to date, providing a dramatic visual for the incomprehensible number of 200,000 people killed or injured by...
2022_DC_March_4RL_Crowd_220611270DC -- Mall -- March For Our Lives (2022) -- Crowd
2022_DC_March_4RL_GVM_22061158DC -- Mall -- March For Our Lives (2022) -- Gun Violence Memorial
2022_DC_March_4RL_Wrap_22061166DC -- Mall -- March For Our Lives (2022) -- Left behind banners
2022_DC_March_4RL_Prep_2206105DC -- Mall -- March For Our Lives (2022) -- Setting up for the event the following day
2022_DC_March_4RL_Stage_22061199DC -- Mall -- March For Our Lives (2022) -- Stage
Speakers included Muriel Bowser, David Hogg, US Congress member Cori Bush, Rebecca Pringle (National Education Association president), Randi Weingarten (American Federation of Teachers president), and X Gonzalez
2021_DC_March_On_M_21082895DC -- March On For Voting Rights -- March begins
2021_DC_March_On_LM_21082890DC -- March On For Voting Rights -- Rally @ Lincoln Memorial (Make Good Trouble Rally)
Make Good Trouble Rally - DC
Hosted by Black Voters Matter
America is in a state of emergency. Voting rights are being threatened in epic proportions, our histories are being erased from our nation’s education systems, and despite the change in administrations, Black and Brown communities are still...
2021_DC_March_On_Mall_21082852DC -- March On For Voting Rights -- Rally @ Mall
2021_DC_March_On_MP_21082888DC -- March On For Voting Rights -- Rally @ McPherson Park
2021_DC_IWD_210501346DC -- March/Rally: International Workers’ Day (Immigration Reform) @ Mall
Hosted by a broad coalition of local and national advocacy groups, faith organizations, and unions, the International Workers Day march and rally for immigrant rights was held to call attention to the essential worker status of many immigrants and demand that the federal government create a pathway to...
2022_DC_March_Climate_22042237DC -- March: Climate Justice march downtown
2016_DC_Ethiopia_March_1609299DC -- March: Ethiopia protest @ Downtown
Grand #OromoProtests Rally in Washington DC
2014_DC_J4A_NewseumV_14121332DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace for Justice for All Rally
Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network (NAN) will be joined by the families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin on December 13, 2014 for the National ‘...
2018_DC_March_4RL_NewsV_18032493DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of March For Our Lives (2018)
2018_DC_March_4RL_NewsV_1803234DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of March For Our Lives (2018) prep
2017_DC_Climate_NewseumV_170429152DC -- Newseum -- Views from terrace of People's Climate March
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his...
2010_DC_Newseum_Rally_10103023DC -- Newseum -- "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" being watched from the atrium
Jumbotron time!
2022_DC_Old_PostV_PPC_2206187DC -- Old Post Office -- Views from tower of Poor People's Rally
2022_DC_PPC_220618239DC -- Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington -- All Except Stage
On Saturday, June 18, we’ll continue the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by marching here in Washington, D.C. Join us for The Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls:
We will come together with labor activists, faith communities, moral...
2022_DC_PPC4_220618227DC -- Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington -- Stage
On Saturday, June 18, we’ll continue the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by marching here in Washington, D.C. Join us for The Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls:
We will come together with labor activists, faith communities, moral...
2022_DC_LP_Ukraine_202204211DC -- Protests: Russian Invasion of Ukraine @ Lafayette Park (April 2022)
2022_DC_LP_Ukraine_202202693DC -- Protests: Russian Invasion of Ukraine @ Lafayette Park (February 2022)
2022_DC_LP_Ukraine_202203211DC -- Protests: Russian Invasion of Ukraine @ Lafayette Park (March 2022)
2022_DC_LP_Africa_22121432DC -- Protest: African dictatorships (and others) @ Lafayette Park
2021_DC_Protest_Burma_210313115DC -- Protest: Anti-coup in Burma protest @ Washington Monument
2012_DC_LP_Egypt_1212089DC -- Protest: Egypt @ Lafayette Park
Including protesters. Interestingly, later that day it was announced that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi annulled most of an extraordinary Nov. 22 decree that gave him near-absolute power and plunged the country into a deeply divisive political crisis that has seemed to worsen by the day.
2022_DC_LP_Ethiopia_22041038DC -- Protest: Ethiopia @ Lafayette Park
2006_DC_Falun3DC -- Protest: Falun Gong protesters
These guys have been protesting in DC for years now. Lots of leaflets. Lots of complaints about China. This time, it's that the Chinese government uses jailed Falun Gong members as unwilling organ banks. Frankly, they strike me as a bit of a cult and I'm always amused when people protest in the United...
2021_DC_Falun32DC -- Protest: Falun Gong protesters
They were seen in lots of places including near the Capitol, in Penn Quarter, and on Pennsylvania Avenue.
2008_DC_Falun16DC -- Protest: Falun Gong protesters @ Pennsylvania Avenue
This was different from when I'd seen them a couple of years prior. This time there was a counter protest waving Chinese flags to counter the Falun Gong and Tibetan protesters.
2018_DC_Falun52DC -- Protest: Falun Gong protesters @ Pennsylvania Avenue
2021_DC_LP_Cuba_21073010DC -- Protest: Free Cuba @ Lafayette Park
2024_01_13B2_GazaPerf112DC -- Protest: Free Gaza Performance Art @ White House (Partially reviewed)
2024_01_13B1_GazaP123DC -- Protest: Free Gaza @ Freedom Plaza (Partially reviewed)
2021_DC_FreedomRide_2106271DC -- Protest: Freedom Ride 2021 poster
Sign asking to protect voter rights from GOP suppression efforts.
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_WH_2020Q2533DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Events around Lafayette Park and BLM Plaza (2020A May-June)
Notes:
May 30: There was talk about a MAGA rally at the White House which I presume could be identified by the hats and lack of masks, and which would eventually turn into a MALA (Make America Lynch Again) protest. Realistically, when there are no public bathrooms available, hanging out waiting for a...
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_WH_2020Q3120DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Events around Lafayette Park and BLM Plaza (2020B July-September)
Notes:
August 2: The BLACK LIVES MATTER letters on the street had been redone. The riot fencing around Lafayette Park was partly reopened as was the Pennsylvania Avenue street by 15th Street (which had been closed for construction since before the crisis).
August 17: The DEFUND THE POLICE letters,...
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_WH_2020Q4106DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Events around Lafayette Park and BLM Plaza (2020C October-December)
2020_DC_Necks_March_20082844DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Get Your Knee Off Our Necks march
NOTE: So, no, I didn't actually get into the rally or the march. I waited in a line that looked like it was at least 7 blocks long. After an hour, by 10am I had advanced at best two blocks. Doing the math, it was clear that I wasn't going to get in for the rally (11am - 1pm). The march (1pm - 3pm) would...
2020_DC_Necks_MarchU_20082832DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Get Your Knee Off Our Necks march -- Labor contingent
March/Rally: Commitment: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks: Fri, August 28, 7:15am – 3:15pm 
Labor contingent gathers at United Unions building, 1750 New York Avenue NW, WDC; march heads out at 8:45a.
Hosted by National Action Network and NAACP.
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_HP304DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Elsewhere in Lafayette Square/BLM Plaza area
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_SI32DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence -- Sue Israel murals
I ran into Sue and her brother putting up murals that she had made. Later, she replaced them with duplicates that stayed up until all of the BLM pieces were removed from the fence on January 30, 2021.
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q2361DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020A June)
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q3329DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020B July-September)
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q4A82DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020C October)
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q4B858DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020D November)
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q4C485DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020E December)
2021_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2021Q1366DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2021 January)
The BLM signs and placards all came down on January 30, 2021. Library of Congress collections people and volunteers put them into numbered bags for cataloging.
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q2A500DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020A June, first day)
The National Park Service and the Secret Service were discussing when to remove the fence around the Fortress of Arrogance. Originally, they said they planned to remove "most" of the fence at Lafayette Square on this day (Wednesday). So all of the signs were taken down and moved under the construction...
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q2B432DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020B June, other days)
The National Park Service and the Secret Service were discussing when to remove the fence around the Fortress of Arrogance. Originally, they said they planned to remove "most" of the fence at Lafayette Square on this day (Wednesday). So all of the signs were taken down and moved under the construction...
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q3487DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020C July-September)
During this period, the protest wall went through several iterations. Notes:
Before August 2, chunks of the plywood had been repainted to cover over some of the messages.
Before August 17, all of the signs and placards had been taken down (a sign said this was for museum collections) and the wall now...
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q440DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020D October-December)
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_Med_20060613DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally by First Responders @ McPherson Sq
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_Cap_20060710DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally w/marchers coming from Capitol (?)
Later, I figured this was the group that Mitt Romney had been in but I just saw a section of the march so I didn't see him.
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_DuP_20060751DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ Dupont Circle
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_LM_200606155DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ Lincoln Memorial
After the child president had desecrated the Lincoln Memorial doing his press conference there (where he claimed no president had been treated as badly as him while he sat in front of the assassinated president), the site has needed desperately to be restored to the actual message of Lincoln, promoting...
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_MLK_200604138DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ MLK Memorial
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_TF_200603116DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ the Trump Finger
2020_DC_Floyd_Protest163DC -- Protest: George Floyd (Miscellaneous)
After the video of George Floyd being killed in Minneapolis as a police officer kept his knee of his head (Floyd's "I can't breathe" protests were ignored), riots erupted in several cities around the United States.
2016_DC_HP_Protest_1611289DC -- Protest: Hewlett-Packard and Israeli occupation @ Gallery Place
From https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161123-protests-against-hps-complicity-in-israeli-occupation/

Protests against HP’s complicity in Israeli occupation
November 23, 2016
Global activists will launch on Friday a week of action targeting what they describe as Hewlett-Packard’s “complicity in...
2021_DC_Protest_TPS395DC -- Protest: Hunger Strike for TPS @ Freedom Plaza
2021_DC_Impacted_21082820DC -- Protest: Impacted Families: Ending Police Brutality @ Mall
Impacted Families: Ending Police Brutality
March & Rally
Washington, DC
August 28, 2021
www.ImpactedFamilies.com

FAMILY-LED NATIONAL ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
Impacted families of police brutality in partnership with Mass Action Against Police Brutality join together from across the...
2021_DC_Jisinbalpgi_21022022DC -- Protest: Jinsinbalpgi (Treading the Earth God)
2020_DC_Protest_Kidnapped5DC -- Protest: Kidnapped by FBI crazy guy
2021_DC_Protest_Kidnapped56DC -- Protest: Kidnapped by FBI crazy guy
2022_DC_Protest_Kidnapped2DC -- Protest: Kidnapped by FBI crazy guy
2022_DC_Tepee_22121010DC -- Protest: Nathan Phillips' Tepee @ National Mall
2011_DC_FP_Occupy_DC77DC -- Protest: Occupy DC @ Freedom Plaza
2012_DC_FP_Occupy_DC39DC -- Protest: Occupy DC @ Freedom Plaza
It was a bitterly cold morning. A week previously, after similar actions at McPherson Square, the U.S. Park Police had started compliance checks at the Occupy DC Freedom Plaza location. They're enforcing prohibitons on overnight camping and "biohazards." (The McPherson Square group is a bit different...
2011_DC_KSt_Occupy_DC79DC -- Protest: Occupy DC @ McPherson Sq (K Street)
2021_DC_Protest_Schools_2103133DC -- Protest: Open Our Schools @ John Wilson Building
2022_DC_LP_Pakistan_22041721DC -- Protest: Pakistan @ Lafayette Park
2022_DC_Trucker_Convoy29DC -- Protest: People's (Trucker Suicide) Convoy
After someone happily handed me their flier, I told them I hoped they died quickly so the country could move on. Yeah, I'm tired of them too.
2021_DC_Protest_Peru_2109191DC -- Protest: Peruvians supporting Pedro Castillo @ The Mayflower
Signs include:
No mas pobres en un pais rico [ No more poor in a rich country ]
Queremos un peru libre de corrupcion Peru Libre [ We want a Peru free of corruption Peru Libre ]
Peruvians supporting Pedro Castillo
Peruvians around the world support the Castillo gov't
El pueblo ya voto, Castillo ya...
2013_DC_Cannon_Protest_13112014DC -- Protest: Pro-Immigration @ Cannon Office Building
I ran into this protest for comprehensive immigration reform at the Cannon Office Building while I was visiting Congressman Lewis' office. Some of the participants had just been arrested inside Representative Eric Cantor's (VA) office and the others were showing solidarity. There were rules about this...
2015_DC_LP_Ukraine_15012523DC -- Protest: Russian Invasion of Ukraine @ Lafayette Park
2023_DC_LP_Ukraine_2304296DC -- Protest: Russian Invasion of Ukraine @ Lafayette Park
2023_DC_LP_Sudan_23042927DC -- Protest: Sudan @ Lafayette Park
2012_DC_LP_Syria_1201287DC -- Protest: Syria @ Lafayette Park
2021_DC_Protest_TPS_Mall_21100526DC -- Protest: TPS @ Monument Grounds
2000_DC_Truth_Tobacco3DC -- Public Art: "Truth" Tobacco Memorial
February 2001, Vol. 91, No. 2 American Journal of Public Health 195
The “truth” Tobacco Memorial
William H. Helfand, Jan Lazarus, and Paul Theerman

On July 27, 2000, a city lot was filled with 1200 body bags, representing the daily toll from tobacco use in the United States. Constructed on vacant...
2021_DC_AbortionJ3_21100295DC -- Rally for Abortion Justice -- March
RALLY FOR ABORTION JUSTICE!
As a result of the Texas abortion ban that went into effect September 1 and the Supreme Court's decision to hear a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade later this year, ARC-Southeast, Mississippi in Action, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Planned...
2021_DC_AbortionJ1_211002214DC -- Rally for Abortion Justice -- Rally @ Freedom Plaza
RALLY FOR ABORTION JUSTICE!
As a result of the Texas abortion ban that went into effect September 1 and the Supreme Court's decision to hear a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade later this year, ARC-Southeast, Mississippi in Action, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Planned...
2010_DC_Rally_101030159DC -- Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear @ National Mall
450 billion people showed up for this rally! Not really, but I figure I can make up numbers like Fox Views and that fiction writer Michele Bachmann do...
I've seen estimates that the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear "only" had 200,000 people. Maybe that's true. I dunno. But, like for all of these...
2020_DC_Victory2020DC187DC -- Rally: 2020 Election Victory for Democracy @ White House area (Saturday and Sunday)
The news networks had all just announced that Biden-Harris had definitely won the 2020 presidential election.
2020_DC_Election2020_201103143DC -- Rally: 2020 Election @ White House area
2023_DC_MOW60_23082657DC -- Rally: 2023 March on Washington
The 2023 March on Washington will set the tone for 2024 exactly 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights Leaders organized the pivotal March on Washington in August 1963.
As the nation reckons with historic levels of violent hate crimes and threats to its democracy, we must...
2008_DC_AICT7DC -- Rally: Amnesty International's "Counter Terror with Justice" campaign @ National Mall
2020_DC_Abortion_2001222DC -- Rally: Anti-Abortion Stage @ National Mall
The stage has been set up for the anti-abortion rally. They always call it "pro-life" but it for some reason that only applies to the exact second of birth -- they're not keen on pre-natal care, living wages, gun control, foreign aid, gun control, etc.
2013_DC_Spying21DC -- Rally: Anti-Spying @ Capitol Hill
Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government's online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
People carried signs reading: "Stop Mass Spying," "Thank you, Edward Snowden" and "Unplug...
2020_DC_LP_Armenia_20100935DC -- Rally: Armenia Oppression by Turkey @ Lafayette Park
2017_DC_LP_Inaug_Band_1701186DC -- Rally: Army Band assembles for Inauguration @ Lafayette Park
2018_DC_LP_Nigeria_18043021DC -- Rally: Biafran Protest Aganst Nigerian President @ Lafayette Park
Thousands of Igbo, an ethnic group in Southeastern Nigeria, have begun arriving Washington DC for a major protest against 75-year old Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari.
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) would storm the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC on April 30 when...
2021_DC_LP_Olympics_21062312DC -- Rally: Boycott 2022 China Olympics @ Lafayette Park
2021_DC_Protest_Asia_21032797DC -- Rally: Call it What it is, a Hate Crime! Stop Anti-Asian Violence, Stop China-Bashing! @ Friendship Arch
National Day of Action Sat. March 27: Call it What it is, a Hate Crime! Stop Anti-Asian Violence, Stop China-Bashing!
Answer Coalition
Join the Sat. March 27 National Day of Action!
Washington, DC
2 PM
Friendship Archway | 7th & H St. NW

Join us on March 27th for a national day of action...
2017_DC_Candlelight_17020458DC -- Rally: Candlelight Walk #MuslimBanProtestDC @ Naval Observatory
People plan to gather in front of the Islamic Center of Washington and walk over to the Naval Observatory, holding a candlelight vigil outside Mike Pence's residence. At one point, Congressman Sandy Levin (D-MI) came out and talked to us.
2018_DC_Playoffs_18060452DC -- Rally: Capitals Play-Offs @ Gallery Place
Various crowd things related to the play-offs that were going on that night. I couldn't care less about sports but it was hard to avoid this.
2019_DC_Climate_Action_19092210DC -- Rally: Climate Action @ National Mall
Tied in with the upcoming United Nations discussions on how to deal with the increasing unwinding of climate controls, Doris Marlin was out on the Mall setting up an exhibit promoting the United Nation's Global Goals for Sustainable Development -- Accelerate Climate Action for all SDGs.
2013_DC_Climate_March_130217101DC -- Rally: Climate Rally -- March to the White House
Join Us for the Largest Climate Rally Ever:
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President's Day weekend, we're calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.
We'll be joining groups like the...
2013_DC_Climate_Podium_13021786DC -- Rally: Climate Rally -- Podium Speakers
Join Us for the Largest Climate Rally Ever:
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President's Day weekend, we're calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.
We'll be joining groups like the...
2013_DC_Climate_Rally_13021741DC -- Rally: Climate Rally -- Rally On the Mall
Join Us for the Largest Climate Rally Ever:
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 17 for the biggest climate rally in history. On President's Day weekend, we're calling on President Obama and all our leaders to take bold and decisive action on climate change.
We'll be joining groups like the...
2022_DC_LP_Climate_220423393DC -- Rally: Climate, Care, Jobs and Justice @ Lafayette Park
Join us on Saturday, April 23rd to raise your voice for climate action!
This is our moment to demand immediate action on climate! Join EDF Action on Saturday, April 23rd at 1:00 PM in Washington, DC to fight for Climate, Care, Jobs and Justice.
Speakers (I think), in order:
* Emcee: Reverend Lennox...
2017_DC_Dakota_1703094DC -- Rally: Dakota Access Pipeline @ Constitution Ave
2018_DC_DALCA_18061310DC -- Rally: DALCA (Fix DACA, but mostly for Indian immigrants) @ U.S. Capitol
Very pro-Trump group including GOP reps. One sign said RHC 58%: Clear GC Backlog in 5 Yrs. We will pay $25B for the Wall. It sounded a lot like screw the others who are here for health and safety reasons but please keep up here for economic ones.

This was an odd protest. This group is protesting an...
2022_DC_Mandates_220123234DC -- Rally: Defeat the Mandates (anti-facts/anti-vax)
I left the closely-packed maskless crowd after about 90 minutes.
2016_DC_LP_DenyNAI_16051210DC -- Rally: DenyNAI @ Lafayette Park
Aviation workers picket White House over Norwegian Air
Bart Jansen , USA TODAY
May 12, 2016

WASHINGTON – Norwegian Air International, a low-fare airline that recently won its first step toward approval for flights to the U.S., drew protests Thursday from rival workers who contend the bargain jets...
2017_DC_LP_DenyNAI_1704055DC -- Rally: DenyNAI @ Lafayette Park
2020_DC_Do_Your_Job_2007285DC -- Rally: Do Your Job event @ Union Station
#DoYourJob Rally
July 28, 2020, 8:00am - 12:00pm
Union Station, Washington D.C.
50 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
Thousands of essential workers are risking their lives every day at work to keep America safe. It’s time for Senators to do their jobs to keep America safe, too. That means passing...
2007_DC_Dont_Ask20DC -- Rally: Don't Ask, Don't Tell protest (2007) @ National Mall
Democratic presidential candidates to respond to question, “If you become president, what steps would you take to overturn ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?’”
November 26, 2007
Chris Johnson

In conjunction with the 14th anniversary of the signing of the military policy banning gays and lesbians from serving...
1990_DC_Earth_Day_90042290DC -- Rally: Earth Day rally (1990) @ National Mall
Quite a few people spoke or performed at this event including John Denver, Kevin Bacon, Olivia Newton John, Gaylor Nelson, Richard Gere, Patrick Swayze, Bruce Hornsby, Denis Hayes, Branford Marsalis, Woody Harrelson, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and the Ten Thousand Maniacs. I was, however, too far away to get...
2000_DC_Earth_Day_000422312DC -- Rally: Earth Day rally (2000) (During a more earth-friendly administration) @ National Mall
Participants included Peter, Paul and Mary, David Crosby, BET's Urban Nations Choir, Mayor Anthony Williams, Leo Di Caprio (the only speaker who needed the TeleprompTer), Denis Hayes ("Mr. Earth Day"), Al Gore, Chevy Chase, Gaylord Nelson, John Sweeney (AFL-CIO President), Peter Yarrow, Robert F....
2015_DC_Earth_Day_FOB_15041861DC -- Rally: Earth Day (2015) @ Mall -- Fall Out Boy
The band here was vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley.
2015_DC_Earth_Day_15041860DC -- Rally: Earth Day (2015) @ National Mall
Earth Day is throwing an all-day, star-studded 45th birthday bash on the Mall. Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day — part concert, part rally — will go heavy on an ending-poverty-and-climate-change message, and it won’t hold back on the music, either. This is one of just six shows that No Doubt, fronted by...
2005_DC_March_05092412DC -- Rally: End the War In Iraq Protest March @ National Mall
1989_DC_ERA_89040970DC -- Rally: ERA support march and concert @ National Mall
The stage sign said "March for Women's Equality / Women's Lives"
2023_DC_Resilience3_23030743DC -- Rally: Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience -- March down Penn Avenue
Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience
11:00 am Rally with farmer speeches and musical performances, Freedom Plaza
1:00 pm March from Freedom Plaza to Capitol Hill

Background:
Every day, farmers work at the front lines of the climate crisis.
While the past year has seen significant...
2023_DC_Resilience_230307184DC -- Rally: Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience @ Freedom Plaza
Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience
11:00 am Rally with farmer speeches and musical performances, Freedom Plaza
1:00 pm March from Freedom Plaza to Capitol Hill

Performers
* John Mellencamp
* Willie Nelson (via video)
* Shirlette Ammons
* Lil Idli

Our Event Speakers
Rally...
2017_DC_Capitol_Fight415_1702159DC -- Rally: FIght for $15 @ U.S. Capitol
2018_DC_Parkland_1Month_180314106DC -- Rally: Gun control one month after Parkland Shooting @ U.S. Capitol
Speakers in the Congressional Solidarity Walk-Out included Chris Van Hollen, Al Green, Steny Hoyer, Bernie Sanders, Ted Deutch, Jamie Raskin, Eleanor Holmes Norton, John Lewis, and lots of students. There were also others who spoke before I got there.
2021_DC_Protest_HBCU_21082947DC -- Rally: HBCU March of the Generations
The Live Movement
2nd Annual HBCU March of the Generations
The Live Movement brings you the 2nd Annual HBCU March of the Generations! This peaceful rally and protest will push local, state and national leaders to invoke progressive change for black, brown, and low-income students nationwide,...
2021_DC_LP_Kabylia_21081436DC -- Rally: Help Kabylia @ Lafayette Park
2006_DC_Immigration_06051729DC -- Rally: Immigration Rights @ National Mall
This was a pre-march rally in support of immigration reform that was held on the National Mall. I had missed the big on in March because of social commitments and I had a member event to go to during the planned evening march on the U.S. Capitol but I decided to try to see this. There weren't many...
2017_DC_LP_Immigration_17012520DC -- Rally: Immigration @ Lafayette Square
Several hundred protestors showed up after Trump announced his wall and immigration suppression changes. Among them were demands that any locality that resisted his demands would be punished.
This reminds me of the ...
2020_DC_LP_Iran_20091225DC -- Rally: Iran protesting execution of Navid Afkari @ Lafayette Park
This rally was in protest of the Iranian execution announced earlier that day of a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man. According to the AP release, State TV quoted the chief justice of Fars province, Kazem Mousavi, as saying: “The retaliation sentence against Navid Afkari, the killer of Hassan...
2022_DC_Iranian_Women_22121087DC -- Rally: Iranian Women Rights @ National Mall
1980_DC_Anderson_19800317DC -- Rally: John Anderson for President (w/Edward Brooke)
I had of course voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976. I wasn't thrilled with the choices in 1980 and decided to vote for John Anderson, a Republican. I lived in Washington DC at the time and you had to register as a specific party so I found myself registering as a Republican. Then, right before the primary...
1980_DC_Lennon_Tribute_8012108DC -- Rally: John Lennon commemoration @ Lincoln Memorial
It took me awhile to figure out what these pictures were from. John Lennon was killed by a nutjob on December 8, 1980. Rallies were held in his honor in a number of places including this one at the Lincoln_Memorial on December 10, 1980.
2003_DC_March_0303157DC -- Rally: March Against War in Iraq @ National Mall
Miscellaneous photos from the anti-war march in Washington. I wasn't downtown for the march (I was there to meet documentary-maker Ric Burns) and only got to see the end of it. It seemed pretty peaceful to me and people were enjoying themselves.
2009_DC_March_For_Babies_0904264DC -- Rally: March for Babies @ U.S. Capitol
This was a March of Dimes event that I passed through on my way to see Roz Chast. Unfortunately, I don't know how to actually pass through something without taking pictures so...
2018_DC_March_4RL_Trucks_18032379DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives (2018) -- Advertising Trucks
Richard Kirkman who does the "Baby Blues" comic strip reached out for someone to photograph some billboard trucks they had worked on for the March. I'm always game!
2018_DC_March_4RL_Folk_18032419DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives (2018) -- Folks and Friends
I ran into several people I knew at the march this time -- Flo Stone (founder of the Environmental Film Festival), Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy, Nikahang Kowsar (political cartoonist), and Jordan Klepper (Comedy Central's The Opposition with...).
2018_DC_March_4RL_Items_1803248DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives (2018) -- Items
I didn't pick up many things at the March because I was busy taking pictures. What I did pick up:
* A pair of Evil Eye Gloves (including a note from the three knitters in New Haven),
* An Evil Eye patch (this one with the name of Aaron Feis, the football coach who tried to shield students during...
2018_DC_March_4RL_180324172DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives (2018) -- Penn Ave
2018_DC_March_4RL_Prep_18032314DC -- Rally: March For Our Lives (2018) -- Preparation
2018_DC_Science_March_180414115DC -- Rally: March for Science @ National Mall
From Washington D.C. to Abuja, Nigeria, science supporters across the globe are mobilizing. March for Science events energize science advocates from multiple spheres to create tangible change and call for greater accountability of public officials to enact evidence-based policy that serves all...
2018_DC_M4O_18060993DC -- Rally: March for the Ocean (M4O) @ Washington Monument
March for the Ocean is about the survival of our blue planet. But it’s also about the fact that it’s not too late to turn the tide - restore and protect what we love.
March for the Ocean - for water - for our future and say NO to offshore oil testing, leasing, drilling and spilling; YES to Corporate...
2004_DC_March_04042552DC -- Rally: March for Women's Lives @ National Mall
Lots of folks including Gloria Steinem, Susan Sarandon, Eleanor Smeal, Anthony Romero (head of the ACLU), Kim Gandy (head of NOW), Julianne Moore, Gloria Feldt (Planned Parenthood), and Kate Michelman (NARAL).
2009_DC_LP_Dime_09042720DC -- Rally: March of Dimes Protest @ Lafayette Park
Police Arresting Angry Members of the Disabled Community Who Are Picketing White House

April 27, 2009 2:09 PM

ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report:

Police have started to arrest some of the disabled protestors picketing outside the White House right now. Almost all of the 400...
2015_DC_Million_Man_15101017DC -- Rally: Million Man March @ National Mall
2000_DC_Million_Mom_00051485DC -- Rally: Million Mom March @ National Mall
Million Mom March
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Million Mom March was a rally held on Mother's Day, May 14, 2000 in the Washington D.C. National Mall by the Million Mom March organization to call for stricter gun control.[1] The march reportedly drew an estimated attendance of 500,000 to...
2021_DC_Wage15_21030828DC -- Rally: Minimum wage $15/hour protest @ National Mall
On International Women's Day, this group was promoting raising the minimum wage to be $15/hour (plus tips). Folks were encouraged to video their stories and submit them to bit.ly/WomensVoicesSIA ( https://yourvoice.communitychangevoters.org/prompt-single/Womensvoices ) which talks about
Women: Our...
2013_DC_50MOW_Misc_130824119DC -- Rally: National Action to Realize the Dream March @ Lincoln Memorial -- Crowds and other activities
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place 50 years ago on August 28th at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. It was during this march that Dr. King gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech that has reverberated for decades. While we celebrate all that was achieved in the 50 years since...
2013_DC_50MOW_Pgm_13082489DC -- Rally: National Action to Realize the Dream March @ Lincoln Memorial -- Formal Program
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place 50 years ago on August 28th at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. It was during this march that Dr. King gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech that has reverberated for decades. While we celebrate all that was achieved in the 50 years since...
2008_DC_NNO_08080530DC -- Rally: National Night Out @ National Mall -- Miscellaneous
FIGHT CRIME and have a little fun, too, at the National Night Out 25th anniversary party on the Mall on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. In addition to the usual get-to-know-your-community-police-officer atmosphere, which, along with lighted porch lights, has become the hallmark of National Night Out, there...
2019_DC_Trans_Visibility_19092843DC -- Rally: National Trans Visibility March on DC @ Pennsylvania Avenue
National Trans Visibility March on DC
Join us on Saturday, September 28, 2019 as we march in solidarity in support of equal rights and inclusion for our community. Family, March With Us…to demand justice for the lives that were taken through senseless murders. Family, March With Us…and demand financial...
2019_DC_NDC_1909183DC -- Rally: New Democrat Coalition @ U.S. Capitol
I got there after the event so just a few speakers were hanging around.
2019_DC_LP_1Comm_19102318DC -- Rally: One Community for All @ Lafayette Park
One Community for All - A Community Integration Plan
Vision:
District of Columbia residents with disabilities will have access to person-centered services and community-based support options that will maximize choice, self-direction, and dignity.
2007_DC_Palestinian_07061010DC -- Rally: Palestinian rights march @ Pennsylvania Avenue
2017_DC_Climate_March_17042992DC -- Rally: People's Climate March -- March down Pennsylvania Avenue
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his...
2017_DC_Climate_Rally_170429111DC -- Rally: People's Climate March @ Washington Monument
People's Climate March:
Trump’s game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair.
It hasn’t worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is — together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his...
2009_DC_Abortion_0901225DC -- Rally: Pro-choice march and rally on anniversary of Roe v Wade @ Pennsylvania Avenue
1989_DC_Choice_89080955DC -- Rally: Pro-Choice Rally (1989) @ Lincoln Memorial
April 9, 1989 -- March for Women's Equality and Women's Lives
Organized by NOW, this was one of the largest and first marches in DC in celebration and defense of the Roe v Wade decision. Crowd estimates varied, with 500,000-600,000 being the normal count.
Mom and Al were here for this but obviously...
1992_DC_Choice_92040566DC -- Rally: Pro-Choice Rally (1992) @ National Mall
March for Women's Lives
April 5. 1992
Abortion rights advocates march on Washington
A march and rally in support of abortion rights for women draws several hundred thousand people to demonstrations in Washington, D.C. One of the largest protest marches on the nation’s capital, the pro-choice rally...
2009_DC_Health_09091376DC -- Rally: Pro-health care @ U.S. Capitol
This was a small response to the scary anti-health care demonstration the previous day. Organizers of the pro-health care demonstration say there will be a bigger pro-health care demonstration in October.

Personal commentary: I didn't take any pictures of the previous day's anti-health care protest....
2017_DC_Global_Gag_17030849DC -- Rally: Protest the Gag Rule @ Freedom Plaza
Trump's global gag rule is a grotesque expansion of a failed, deadly policy that prohibits foreign organizations that receive U.S. global health assistance from providing or even discussing abortions with patients. This rule threatens access to safe abortion and other basic health care for millions of...
2019_DC_Gun_Violence_190925257DC -- Rally: Rally to End Gun Violence @ U.S. Capitol
Join us, Pastor Pfleger, Chicago families, and other gun violence prevention activists at the National Rally to #EndGunViolence to pressure Congress to pass gun safety laws on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 from 1:00 to 3:30pm on the West Lawn at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC---after the 10am House...
2010_DC_LP_DADT_10031839DC -- Rally: Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell event @ Lafayette Park
2010_DC_FP_DADT_10031870DC -- Rally: Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell w/Kathy Griffin @ Freedom Plaza
2022_DC_Sikh_22040918DC -- Rally: Sikh Social @ National Mall
1981_DC_Solidarity_81091963DC -- Rally: Solidarity Day march (1981) @ National Mall
September 19, 1981
Solidarity Day was an attempt by organized labor to point out the abuses of the Reagan administration. They consciously tried to avoid having politicians do the speeches so you saw a lot of labor leaders talking instead.

Folks shown in the images include Gloria Steinem, Bella...
2023_DC_LP_Imperialism_2303268DC -- Rally: Summit Against Hypocrisy @ Lafayette Park
[ A weird protest promoting peaceful relations with Russia, China, and North Korea, claiming that the these three countries, among the worst for using violence to promote their imperialistic ambitions, are no threat to us or the world and should be dealt with peacefully. They praised Trump on one of...
2021_DC_Protest_Tigray_21031036DC -- Rally: Supporting Ethiopia against TPLF @ 3rd Street
This protest temporarily closed 3rd Street which had just opened to vehicular traffic after the Capitol perimeter was moved to the east side on the street two days before.
The flier I was given indicated this was a pro-Ethiopian government protest for the way their Federal troops were handling an...
2017_DC_Taxes_17121910DC -- Rally: Tax Cut for the Rich protest (tail end) @ U.S. Capitol
2010_DC_FP_TParty_10041572DC -- Rally: Tea Party rally (w/Michele Bachmann) @ Freedom Plaza
Speakers included:
(???)
Ken Hoagland, Chairman Online Tax Revolt/FairTax National victory Campaign
(??? singer ???)
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
Michele Bachmann of Minnesota
(???) Congressman John Linder, from Georgia

In 1754, George Washington led an unprovoked sneak attack...
2023_DC_LP_TPS_230613124DC -- Rally: TPS @ Lafayette Park
This was a rally for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) at Lafayette Park after several children had met with President Biden at the White House. Afterward, Biden announced they would extend legal status by 18 months for more than 300,000 people from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaraqua, and Nepal. The...
2022_DC_LP_Tunisia_22022753DC -- Rally: Tunisia Democracy @ Lafayette Park
Tunisia main party rallies supporters, escalating government dispute
Published On 27 Feb 202127 Feb 2021
Tunisia’s biggest political party has rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the capital, escalating a dispute within the government.
Saturday’s protest was the biggest demonstration in...
2023_DC_Abortion_March_23062480DC -- Rally: We Won't Go Back Abortion Rights march to Supreme Court
On Saturday, one year after the Supreme Court overturned our right to abortion care in the disastrous Dobbs decision, we’re rallying and marching in Washington, D.C. – and we need you with us, Bruce!
We won’t go back! Day of Action 6.24.23 D.C. 12pm Columbus Circle & Nationwide
In the past year,...
2023_DC_Abortion_Rally_230624235DC -- Rally: We Won't Go Back Abortion Rights rally @ Columbus Circle
On Saturday, one year after the Supreme Court overturned our right to abortion care in the disastrous Dobbs decision, we’re rallying and marching in Washington, D.C. – and we need you with us, Bruce!
We won’t go back! Day of Action 6.24.23 D.C. 12pm Columbus Circle & Nationwide
In the past year,...
2017_DC_Womens_March_170121369DC -- Rally: Women's March on Washington (2017)
The Women’s March on Washington is a grassroots effort comprised of dozens of independent coordinators at the state level. The effort is helmed by four national co-chairs and a national coordinating committee who are working around the clock to pull it all together.
On January 21, 2017 we will unite in...
2019_DC_Womens_March_190119280DC -- Rally: Women's March on Washington (2019) The #womenswave
The #womenswave
On January 19, 2019, we’re going to flood the streets of Washington, D.C. and cities across the globe. The #WomensWave is coming, and we’re sweeping the world forward with us.
It’s time to march again.
The 2017 Women’s March inspired hundreds of women to run, millions more to vote,...
2020_DC_Womens_March_201017425DC -- Rally: Women's March on Washington (2020)
Women's March 2020
We need a huge, and powerful mobilization to help energize the nation and inspire millions to turn out to vote – and you can help make that happen.
This march isn’t like the others before. After a short rally and march, we’ll gather on the National Mall for a socially distant...
2020_DC_Womens_Imm_20011573DC -- Rally: Women's March on Washington (2020) -- Session: Solidarity and the Immigration Justice Movement @ Eaton Hotel
WEDNESDAY, JAN 15
Where: The Eaton Hotel, Beverly Snow Room 1201 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Solidarity And The Immigration Justice Movement
U.S. government policies continue to sanction human rights violations against migrants and immigrants - many of them women who are disproportionately...
2018_DC_WeAreMacedonia_18030328DC -- Rally: #WeAreMacedonia Rally @ National Mall
Washington, DC #WeAreMacedonia Rally
Enough is Enough! We will send a clear message to the United States Administration and Congress, to the Macedonian President, Government, Parliament, and Opposition.
We won't tolerate our very existence to be negotiated.
We won't tolerate re-defining of Macedonia...
2009_DC_Kennedy_09082936DC -- Ted Kennedy funeral procession @ Constitution Ave
2021_DC_Losers_JusticeJ6_210918222DC -- Trump Losers Rally -- Justice for J6
When this event was first announced, I thought I might actually agree with Trumpsters but then I realized "justice" didn't mean executing them all.
2021_DC_Losers_Capitol602DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Capitol Security Perimeter (after the Trump Losers riot)
After the Trump Loser's Riot, a security perimeter was installed around the Capitol building which gradually expanded to go all the way north to Union Station.
On the night or March 20, the Capitol perimeter fence had been consolidated. The fences now covered just 4 square blocks bordered by 1st...
2023_DC_Losers_Arraign_23080399DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Crowd outside the federal courthouse before another of Trump's arraignments
This was for one of the former child president's arraignments. I miss the days when disgraced politicians just killed themselves. I presume he knows he's lying the whole time he denies things but his brain is so Swiss cheesed that maybe he can't admit to himself that he does anything wrong.
2021_DC_Losers_Sicknick_21011071DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Drive-By Salute to Officer Brian Sicknick, killed during the Trump Losers March
2020_DC_Losers_March_201114102DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- First Trump Losers March
Making America cheat again for the child president.
2021_DC_Losers_Misc121DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Security Perimeter Except Around Capitol (after the Trump Losers riot)
2021_DC_Losers_Signs128DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Temporary Signs
2021_DC_Losers_March_210106298DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- Third Trump Losers protest which ended with the coup attempt
This was the last-chance day for supporters of the child president to overthrow democracy. After I left, the anti-democracy protestors stormed the US Capitol claiming they were protecting the Constitution while destroying it.
2021_DC_Losers_WCK30DC -- Trump Losers Revolt -- World Central Kitchen food distribution for National Guard
2007_DC_Dalai_07101750DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Dalai Lama (w/Nancy Pelosi and Richard Gere)
The International Campaign for Tibet is honored to announce a public address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on October 17, 2007 following his receipt of the Congressional Gold Medal in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Congress has passed a resolution permitting the International Campaign for Tibet to sponsor a...
2020_DC_Literally_2005041DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protester: Literally Anyone Else protester
2020_DC_Lock_Him_Up_20020511DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protest: Lock Him Up
This was an early protest outside of the capitol that happened on the day that the Senate ignored their oath of impartiality as well as overwhelming impeachment evidence and voted pretty much on party lines to exonerate Trump for the "perfect call" and the cover-up following it.
2019_DC_Sen_Graveyard_19112111DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protest: Senate Graveyard: Where the House Bills Go to Die
2021_DC_No_Fear_210711207DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: No Fear: A Rally In Solidarity with the Jewish People
NO FEAR: A Rally In Solidarity with the Jewish People
Antisemitism isn’t taking a summer vacation.
SO NEITHER CAN WE
On July 11 in Washington, D.C, Alliance for Israel, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, B'nai Brith International, the Israel Forever Foundation, Jewish National...
2019_DC_FireDrillFridays_191101193DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: #FireDrillFridays w/Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Eve Ensler, and Rosanna Arquette -- (1 of 2) Rally
A group of powerhouse women including Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and many others just got arrested on Capitol Hill calling for climate action.
Every Friday from now through January, Jane Fonda and other allies will participate in #FireDrillFridays to demand that our elected leaders take bold action...
2019_DC_FireDrillFridays3_191101143DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: #FireDrillFridays w/Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Eve Ensler, and Rosanna Arquette -- (2 of 2) March and Arrest @ Hart SOB
A group of powerhouse women including Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and many others just got arrested on Capitol Hill calling for climate action.
Every Friday from now through January, Jane Fonda and other allies will participate in #FireDrillFridays to demand that our elected leaders take bold action...
2022_DC_Vigil_Democracy_220106168DC -- Vigils for Democracy
January 6 Vigils for Democracy
Thursday, January 6
4:30 – 5:45pm EST

January 6 was a violent and deadly attack against all Americans – against our country, our democracy, and our freedom as voters to choose the leaders that represent us so that we have a government of, by, and for the...
2018_IL_Hussain_1809205IL -- Chicago -- Who Is Hussain protest
Other than several labor protests outside of hotels, this was the only other mass activity I saw while I was there.
2018_MD_Cap_Gazette_18070176MD -- Annapolis -- Flowers for Capital Gazette shooting victims
On Thursday, June 28, another crazy guy, this time armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades, stormed into the offices of the Capital Gazette, Annapolis' community newspaper, and killed five staff members, injuring two others. Dead were Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Wendi Winters, and...
2024_03_07B2_In_America2_Anniv256MD -- Event: In America: Remember -- Reunion @ Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's Studio
In America: Remember Volunteers' Reunion
Share your stories, see the completed flag archive, and watch the documentary (Partially reviewed)
2020_MD_Victory2020MD2MD -- Rally: 2020 Election Victory for Democracy @ Silver Spring street
The news networks had all just announced that Biden-Harris had definitely won the 2020 presidential election.
2021_MD_SS_Afghan_Refugee_210909100MD -- Silver Spring -- Event: Emergency Rally for Afghan Refugees @ Veterans Plaza
Emergency Rally for Afghan Refugees
Thursday, September 9th at 7:00pm
With so many Afghan refugees forced to flee their homeland due to threats of violence and loss of fundamental rights, Councilmember Glass has organized an Emergency Rally for Afghan Refugees. The event serves as a way for residents,...
2008_DC_Archives_Protest_V4P41Natl Archives -- Special -- Veterans for Peace Protest
A Veterans for Peace protest had taken over the scaffolding outside the building.
2023_DC_Ukraine_ER_230224153Protest on First Anniversary of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine @ Embassy of Russia
1 YEAR OF WAR
Candlelight Vigil for Ukraine in Washington, D.C.
* WHEN: February 24 (Friday)
* TIME: 7p.m.
* WHERE:
--- The Russian Embassy
--- Main gate - Boris Nemtsov Plaza
--- Washington, D.C.
On February 24, 2022, Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
One year later, on...
2023_DC_Ukraine_LM_230225314Protest on First Anniversary of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine @ Lincoln Memorial
On February 25, the Ukrainian community will meet at 2p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to hold a mass rally to mark the 1-year anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
WHEN: Sat., February 25
TIME: 2p.m.
WHERE: Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Speakers

Opening...
2017_VA_CVille_Protest_17082514VA -- Charlottesville -- Signs after the protest deaths
Two weeks before, on August 11, 2017, right-wing hate groups, emboldened by the vibes radiating from the presidency, held an evening march with the stated purpose of protesting plans to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from the newly-renamed Emancipation Park in downtown Charlottesville. Protesters...
2017_WI_Madison_Cap_Signs11WI -- Madison -- State Capitol -- Chalk Protests


What's hot: The following pages have been the most popular ones over the last month or so:
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2024_02_10C_KatzenO163DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Opening Reception
Come celebrate our seven new spring ’24 exhibitions! Mix and mingle with many of this season’s artists and curators … arrive early for light refreshments! Folks seen here include (pretty much in order): Jack Rasmussen, Dana Hart-Stone, Lisa Montag Brotman, Sondra N. Arkin, Ellyn Weiss, Laura Roulet,... (Partially reviewed)
2024_02_04C1_Miss_AmericaM248Miss America High Tea Event (1 of 2) Mingling @ GFWC
An invitation to tea from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to the Former and Present Miss America. They were here in DC for the opening of an exhibit on the history of Miss America at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Hosted by GFWC DC club: * Mohra Gavankar, GFWC Presid... (Partially reviewed)
2024_02_04C2_Miss_AmericaP89Miss America High Tea Event (2 of 2) Program @ GFWC
An invitation to tea from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to the Former and Present Miss America. They were here in DC for the opening of an exhibit on the history of Miss America at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Hosted by GFWC DC club: * Mohra Gavankar, GFWC Presid... (Partially reviewed)
2024_01_14B1_Gonna_Take286Labor Heritage Foundation @ McGinty's Public House -- MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball" (1 of 2)
MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball" Recommit to Dr. King’s dream of equality and justice for all and celebrate Elise Bryant’s well-deserved retirement from LHF! By Labor Heritage Foundation Tickets are now FREE! Thanks to the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO, AFSCME 112, the International Association of Heat ... (Partially reviewed)
2024_02_13B1_USCHS_Freedom218USCHS -- Freedom Award (2024) to Cheryl L. Johnson (2 of 2) Everything else
We look forward to your attendance at the Freedom Award Reception honoring Cheryl L. Johnson, the 36th Clerk of the House of Representatives The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is honored to present its 2023 Freedom Award to Cheryl L. Johnson to recognize her exceptional leadership and pivotal role ... (Partially reviewed)


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