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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 .
Police form line in the street during protests in D.C. on the night of May 31. Several fires were lit during protests in Washington on the night of May 31, including one in the basement of Ashburton House, the parish house of St. John's Episcopal Church. [4] The fire was isolated to the church nursery and quickly extinguished by firefighters.
By National Walkout Day on April 20, 2018, the social medias had followings over 1.3 million people and in Washington, D.C., alone, 200,000 people attended the March For Our Lives protest, whom many younger adults attributed to the big social media presence. [115]
The protests have focused on a variety of issues related to the conflict and have been held on varying scales since the October 7 Hamas attacks. [1] The march in DC was one of many held on November 4 in support of Palestine and a cease-fire with demonstrations being held across the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. [2]
Two years after Maryland had ceded to the United States the territory constituting the present District of Columbia, the legislature of that state, appreciating the necessity of providing for the spiritual needs of the Protestant Episcopal inhabitants who were to reside there, and on their petition, passed the act of 26 December 1794, creating a new parish, to be known as Washington Parish-to ...
The stairs of the Lincoln Memorial, the site of the incident, seen in July 2004. In the afternoon of January 18, 2019, on the Plaza of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. two separate marches were held: the Indigenous Peoples March, which had the purpose of raising awareness of indigenous people's issues, [18] and the March for Life, [9] which had the purpose of raising awareness of anti ...
The March for Israel was a pro-Israel demonstration that took place at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 2023. [1] [2] [3] The rally was organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP) and the Jewish Federations of North America in solidarity with Israel during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
The 2023 Democratic National Committee protests were a pro-Palestine protest turned violent. [8] The protest organizers, the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement as well as other Pro-Palestinian protesters arrived outside the DNC building on 430 South Capitol St. SE at 6:40 pm after a candlelight vigil at 3rd Street and Maryland Avenue SW. [5]