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1963 August 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Major civil rights march at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 250,000 gathered for the event. 1965 November 27 March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam Organized by the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE). An ...
BrickFair is a Lego convention and exhibition held annually in the Eastern United States.It was first held in 2008 at Tysons Corner, Virginia by Todd Webb, and in subsequent years, the flagship Virginia convention has been held in Chantilly, typically during the first weekend of August.
Other notable events organized by Cultural Tourism DC included: Passport DC, an annual event each May where many of the embassies and international cultural centers in Washington, DC open their doors to showcase their culture, art, music, dance and food. The event features street festivals, open houses, embassy events, special performances and ...
July 9 – 2024 Washington summit: The 33rd NATO summit begins in Washington, D.C. [5] July 23 – Thousands of anti-war protestors led by Jewish Voice for Peace stage a sit-in at a congressional office building in Washington D.C., ahead of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's visit, with over 400 people, including rabbis , being ...
Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. [4] [5] The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. [1]Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an 18th-century plantation that was located in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [6]
In 2017 and 2018, Events DC spent $150,000 to unsuccessfully lobby Congress to give the District greater authority over RFK Stadium, which could enable the Washington Commanders to return to DC. [8] Events DC also oversees a community grants program which awards deserving non-profit organizations with grants each year. In 2022, Events DC ...
Supernova (formerly known as Super Smash Con) is an annual Super Smash Bros. convention and tournament series held at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia.The event is held in early August and focuses on the video game series published by Nintendo along with other video games, and features tournaments for every entry in the series.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...