Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Flags and Fencing on The Mall, Jacobsen

A member of the National Guard holds American flags that she picked up from a display along the National Mall in Washington DC on January 21, 2021. The flags were part of the Biden/Harris Presidential Inauguration display, replacing people because of COVID gathering restrictions.

Margaret Thorton, of Modesta, California, wears several American flags that she pulled from along the National Mall in Washington, DC on January 21, 2011. The flags were part of the Biden/Harris Presidential Inauguration display, replacing people because of COVID gathering restrictions.

Small American flags line a section of the National Mall in Washington DC near 14th St. NW on January 21, 2021. The flags were part of the Biden/Harris Presidential Inauguration display, replacing people because of COVID gathering restrictions.

Small American flags line a section of the National Mall in Washington DC near 14th St. NW on January 21, 2021. The flags were part of the Biden/Harris Presidential Inauguration display, replacing people because of COVID gathering restrictions.

Workers start the task of removing miles of fencing and barriers from around the National Mall on January 21, 2021, the day after the Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The fencing, which encircled the entire Mall, was put in place because of threats of violence by extremists during the inauguration events.

Stacks of fencing lay along 17th St. NW along the National Mall in Washington, DC on January 21, 2021. The fencing and other security barriers, which encircled the entire Mall, was put in place because of threats of violence by extremists during the inauguration events.