Crowds are expected to start gathering for Friday’s Commitment March starting at 7 am. Here’s what’s closing down for the event.
Friday, August 27, marks the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march marked a turning point in the fight for civil rights and saw Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his now-famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Now, in light of the killing of George Floyd in May, the National Action Network has organized a new march set to draw crowds to the National Mall. Several streets are being closed ahead of Friday’s Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks for which crowds will start gathering early in the morning.
Here’s the full break down of the streets closing for the event starting at 6 am until midnight:
- 13th Street NW
- 14th Street NW and SW
- 15th Street NW and SW
- 16th Street NW
- 17th Street NW and SW
- 18th Street NW
- 19th Street NW
- 20th Street NW
- 21st Street NW
- 23rd Street NW
- Buckeye Drive SW
- C Street NW
- Connecticut Avenue NW
- Constitution Avenue NW
- D Street NW
- E Street NW
- F Street NW
- G Street NW
- H Street NW
- Henry Bacon Drive NW
- I Street NW
- Independence Ave SW
- Jefferson Drive SW
- Lincoln Memorial Circle
- Madison Drive NW
- Maine Avenue SW
- New York Avenue NW
- Ohio Drive SW
- Pennsylvania Avenue NW
- Rock Creek and Potomac Parkways
- Vermont Avenue NW
- Virginia Avenue NW
- Access to Rock Creek Parkway South
- Access to US-50 E/ Constitution Avenue
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