Monuments in DC

We can finally say that we saw the monuments in DC. It was a lot of fun and I am so glad that we went now when it is not so hot. It is a lot of walking but thanks to the Neo-Nazis (see below post) we got awesome parking and did not have to walk as far.

Neo-Nazis March on the Capitol

Saturday we decided to go to DC and see the monuments before it gets too hot. We got to DC and there are cops everywhere. They have the street that runs from the monuments to the Capitol building blocked off and no parking on that street or the streets that run parallel to it on the north and south. We could not figure out what was going on. After being stuck in traffic for 1 1/2 hours the girls had had it and we decided to call it quits and go home. We stopped at a yellow light, which no one does in DC, and the cop in the suv in the left of the below photo pulls in front of us and tells us we have to wait. This is what proceeded...





Yes all these cops are in riot armor. Come to find out we pick the Saturday the Neo-Nazis decide to march on the Capitol to come see the monuments in DC. To put a little bit of perspective on the situation there are only around 20-30 marchers and close to 1000 cops. We stopped taking pictures of all the cops. We were stopped for a good 20 minutes while the procession passed. The girls thought it was a parade. Talk about surreal. You hear about this in the news and see it in the movies but to see it first hand was something else. Let me just say that I have had my fair share of witnessing protests. The one good thing is after they passed we were able to get killer parking! This is a link to an article from the Washington Post on the march if anyone is interested. Come to find out a riot did break out earlier. Awesome!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04