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Tens of Thousands in Pro-Palestinian March for Gaza
Honoring First-Responders With Tulips on International Women’s Day
March 10, 2021
•Each year on March 8, we mark International Women’s Day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. On this day, the nonprofit organization Petals for Hope […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Is 10 Years Old
January 18, 2021
•The official ceremony to dedicate the memorial, located in West Potomac Park near the Tidal Basin, was held on Oct. 16, 2011.
In Wake of Rioting, Bowser Declares, Then Extends Public Emergency
January 7, 2021
•The mayor authorized the city administrator to “implement such measures as may be necessary or appropriate to protect persons and property in the District of Columbia” for 15 days.
D.C. Celebrates Joe Biden Win (photos)
November 7, 2020
•Down Pennsylvania Avenue was the place to go — near the White House, 16th and 17th Streets, Black Lives Matter Plaza and St. John’s Church at Lafayette Square.
Memorial to COVID-19 Deaths: White Flags of Innocence, Not Surrender
October 31, 2020
•Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg of Bethesda changes the numerals on the sign regularly. Ruppert Landscape donated its skills to get the Armory Parade Ground installation started.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess: Dancing in the Time of COVID (photos)
October 13, 2020
•The Oct. 9 performance by the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, outdoors at the Arts Club of Washington, was noteworthy for being danced in front of a live audience.
‘Hear Me Roar!’: 5th Women’s March Planned for Oct. 17 (photos)
October 1, 2020
•Just 17 days before the election, the Women’s March organization plans a demonstration targeting President Donald Trump, in particular his move to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat.
RBG: We Bid You Farewell (photos)
September 28, 2020
•After thousands paid their respects to the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court, she become the first woman and the first Jewish person to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.
Chief Calls Shootings ‘Ridiculous and Unacceptable’
August 10, 2020
•At the mayor’s press conference, MPD Chief Peter Newsham gave details about the violence that had broken out early on Aug. 9 during a community cookout in Southeast D.C.
Still Looking to the Sky on the Fourth of July (photos)
July 6, 2020
•Email your favorite shot of July 4, 2020, to The Georgetowner at editorial@georgetowner.com and we will add it to this photo gallery.