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Washington,
D.C.
Jan. 20
A year after Trump’s to estimate the cost
inauguration, tens of of the two Women’s
thousands of protesters Marches. Congress
marched from the sets aside money each
Lincoln Memorial, year to help the city
down 17th Street, cover the costs of First
and to the White Amendment activities.
House. Like the 2017
march, the event was $13m
relatively peaceful—
the organizers’ main Amount requested from
security concern Congress to help the
this year was people city pay for providing
walking on the frozen public safety at events
Lincoln Memorial in the capital
Reflecting Pool as the
temperature rose. Even SOURCE: WASHINGTON, D.C., 2018
BUDGET
peaceful protests can
be expensive, but no
official was prepared