Jan.
20,
2018
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On
the
one-year
anniversary
of
the
Trump
Administration
and a year
after the Women's
March on Washington organizers put together rallies and marches
around the country. The DC march, organized by March Forward
Virginia, aimed "to advance peaceful and positive progress in
communities across the
country, with the goal of ensuring all women and their allies persist
in civic and political roles moving into 2018." Enjoying the
relatively warm weather, thousands of people, many from DC, Virginia
and Maryland, heard from a long list of speakers. The Lincoln
Memorial served as a backdrop, and the crowd,
many with hand-drawn
signs, filled the area at the top of the Reflecting Pool and part of
the way along the sides. The pool had been mostly drained and was
covered by a layer of ice, which people ventured out onto
and which started to melt around the edges as the speeches went
on. Indeed some in the crowd started to grumble, and eventually
the march did set off to the White House.
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