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The following is a list of rallies and protest marches in Washington, D.C., which shows the variety of expression of notable political views. Events at the National Mall are located somewhere between the United States Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial .
March 3, 1913: Woman Suffrage Procession: Between 5,000 and 10,000 people marched through Washington, D. C. in support of the women's suffrage movement.Organized by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns and sponsored by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it turned violent when onlookers attacked the suffragists.
March for Life (Washington, D.C.) March for Science; March for the Animals; March for the Equal Rights Amendment; March for Women's Lives (2004) March on Washington for Gaza; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation; 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War
Russell Eugene Weston Jr. was a man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia that included involuntary commitment in a hospital in Montana for 53 days. He believed that he had the power to prevent the United States from being destroyed by a deadly disease that he called Black Heva and by swarms of cannibals.
Washington D.C. District of Columbia: 1981: Labor rights: 22: February 15 Iraq war protests: 200,000–375,000 [38] [39] New York City New York: 2003: Anti-Iraq War: 23: Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear: 215,000 [40] Washington D.C. District of Columbia: 2010: Civil discourse: 24: March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights: 200,000 [41 ...
Why: More than 500,000 people marched on Washington in protest of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. By the end of 1969, around 45,000 Americans had been killed in the conflict.
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As many as 30,000 people are expected to join a pro-Palestine rally in Washington DC to call for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and the end of US aid to Israel.. Hamas, the group in charge of Gaza ...