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November 9–23 – Occupy Wall Street protesters march from New York City to Washington DC, to demonstrate at a congressional committee meeting to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama's extension of tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.
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. [2] [3] 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 yellow, 35-foot-tall (11 m) capital letters, along with the D.C. flag, during the series ...
More than 25,000 people convened in Manhattan on December 13 for Millions March NYC, starting at Washington Square Park and marching towards 34th Street. [ 16 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Families of unarmed black men killed by police led the march, including the families of Sean Bell and Ramarley Graham. [ 18 ]
With 30 miles (48 km) of tall black temporary fencing, 25,000 law enforcement officers and security checkpoints set up to process hundreds of thousands of spectators, Washington is braced for ...
The Plaza is one of the settings in Dan Brown's 2009 novel The Lost Symbol. [8]In 2011, the Plaza was one of the sites of an Occupy D.C. protest. [9]In 2014, the American Planning Association noted that Freedom Plaza is a popular location for political protests and other events. [10]
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in Washington, D.C., along Black Lives Matter Plaza. The Greek Revival building, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is adjacent to Lafayette Square, one block from the White House. It is often called the "Church of the ...
A crowd of Trump supporters waiting outside of Madison Square Garden for his rally on Oct. 27, 2024. Kevin C Downs for The New York Post
Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is in its 120th year. The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first ...