Park History - Articles

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2000

January 25, 2000
Photo: Skier in Front of White House after Heavy Snowfall
Reuters

February 2, 2000
Letter to Senators
By Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee

March 5, 2000
Millennial Drum Council

March 18, 2000
Dear Mr. Bush: What is Your Position?

April 14, 2000
Reuters Photo: Police Set up Line in Front of the White House

April 15, 2000
- Police close off Pennsylvania Avenue in front of White House
Reuters
- Police Stand Watch Near the White House
Reuters
- Rainbow Family Of Tribes Potluck picnic In peace park
Flier

May 27, 2000
Declaration of Ellen Thomas re Woman's Arrest

June 15, 2000
White House protester undaunted for nearly 20 years
Washington Times

June 20, 2000
"Protesters" (Knight-Ridder Photo)

July 9, 2000
DC protest group Stands test of time
Knight-Ridder

July 17, 2000
"Wild, Wild Washington, 1859"

August 17, 2000
Lone Woman on a Relentless Anti-Nuclear Crusade, IPS

November 28, 2000
The Other Side of Pennsylvania Avenue, Gary Minter


2001

January 16, 2001
- Letter to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton re Introducing Bill
By Ellen Thomas
- Inauguration Protesters Sue Over Security
Washington Post

January 30, 2001
Dear President and First Lady Bush
From Ellen Thomas

March 23, 2001
Free Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Times EDITORIAL

April 13, 2001
Backpack Causes Alarm at White House
Washington Post

April 15, 2001
8 Arrested Near White House Grounds
Washington Post

June 3, 2001
- Announcement, 20th Anniversary of the Vigil
- Speech by Louise Franklin-Ramirez
- Message from Gensuikyo

June 27, 2001
Avenue's opening is urged
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

July 16, 2001
Norton Statement on Introducing HR-2503 / Proposition One
U.S. House of Representatives

July 26, 2001
Bill Urges Reopening of Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington Post

July 27, 2001
Planners Consider Pennsylvania Avenue Tunnel
Washington Post

September 11, 2001
Guarding the White House
UK Guardian

September 26, 2001
Security at the White House
AP Photo/Ron Edmonds

October 1, 2001
Be careful with words
ET Letter to Editor, TownHall.com

October 23, 2001
Message from Mystery to Prop1 Vigilers

November 1, 2001
I Know How to Win
Wall Street Journal, Letter to Editor by Ellen Thomas

November 6, 2001
P.J. O'Rourke's description of September 11th in DC
By Ellen Thomas, The Atlantic

November 5, 2001
Letter to Senator Paul Wellstone (and other Senators) re HR-2503
By Ellen Thomas

December 2001
Happy Holydays from Peace Park


2002

January 3, 2002
Activist Philip Berrigan Released From Prison, Confronts Bush At Church
Democracy Now!

February 10, 2002
White House access likely to be eased
Washington Times

February 26, 2002
Letter to Diane Rehm, WAMU Radio
By Ellen Thomas

March 10, 2002
Why America isn't listening
UK Observer (About Concepcion)

March 21, 2002
U.S. Park Police Commander Hugh Irwin Accused of Indecent Exposure
Washington Post

June 20, 2002
White House and Fed Buildings Evacuated
Washington Post

July 8, 2002
HOMELAND SECURITY? MY ...
Statement of Juan Quixote

August 30, 2002
Letter to President Bush
By Ellen Thomas

August 30, 2002
Ban on Rallies Upheld for Lafayette Square

November 18, 2002
Antiwar Activists Plan to Stay The Course

Washington Post (About Code Pink)

December 3, 2002
Peace protests near White House growing

UPI (About the Vigil)

December 8, 2002
Peace Activist, Author Philip Berrigan Dies
Washington Post

December 8, 2002
Where the Cold War Continues
Washington Post (About the Vigil)

December 9, 2002
Protesters say new group spurs crackdown

Washington Times (About the Vigil)


2003

March 1, 2003
America's Avenue Again
Washington Post

March 3, 2003
Doonesbury Drums Return
Cartoon By Garry Trudeau

March 19, 2003
Tightening the Security Net
Washington Post

March 20, 2003
Antiwar Protests Spring Up in D.C.
Washington Post

March 21, 2003
Anti-War Protests Continue on Friday; Daniel Ellsberg among those arrested
DC Indymedia

March 22, 2003
Whose Streets? Our streets!
DC Indymedia

March 23, 2003
White House Arrests: Hypocrisy and Democracy
DC Indymedia

March 28, 2003
Tormented Protesters Give Us No Moment of Peace
By Tom Knott, Washington Times

March 30, 2003
Lafayette Park belongs to the people, not the president
by Ellen Thomas
Washington Times Letters to the Editor

April 22, 2003
Washington visitors view the White House in Lafayette Park
Associated Press Photo

May 30, 2003
Arnaud de Borchgrave to William Thomas
Email Exchange

June 10, 2003
DU use by Russia? Proof?
by Ellen Thomas, BBC

June 15th, 2003
The Walk For Democracy Road Journal in Lafayette Park
by Jeanette Wallis

June 27, 2003
Norton Introduces Nuclear Disarmament Bill
U.S. House of Representatives press Release

August 2003
Concepcion Picciotto: Washington, DC prophet
BoldNewLook.com

August 7, 2003
Louise Franklin Ramirez -- an appreciation
By Ellen Thomas - DC Indymedia

August 10, 2003
Survivors Tell Japan's Tale Of Devastation
Washington Post

August 18, 2003
Louise Franklin-Ramirez, D.C. Activist, Dies at 97
Washington Post

September 3, 2003
White House tours to resume
UPI

September 17 and November 4, 2003
Don't 'dis' Dennis; idealism separates Kucinich from other 2004 candidates
Letters to the Editor by Ellen Thomas

December 17, 2003
The Enola Gay In a Truly Terrifying Light
Washington Post

December 17, 2003
Enola Gay Photos
Associated Press


2004

January 15, 2004
Tourist Spot Is Hard-Hat Zone As Penn. Ave. Work Begins
Washington Post

May 6, 2004
True Majority Pigs Hit Washington D.C
With ET As Driver

June 23, 2004
Cold War Protester Charles Hyder Dies in USA
Moscow News

July 01, 2004
'Fasting Ph.D.' Charles Hyder Praised by Gorbachev
Albuquerque Journal

July 02, 2004
Ensuring a clean election
By Ellen Thomas

August 5-6, 2004
Hiroshima Commemoration Flier

August 6, 2004
Nuclear Film Series At Peace House

August 6, 2004
Lafayette Park is no longer a home for the homeless
DC City Paper

October 26, 2004
Lafayette Park Blues
Dissident Voice, by Joe Bageant

November 9, 2004
Mrs. Bush Officially Reopens Pennsylvania Avenue
White House Press Release

November 10, 2004
The "reopening" of Pennsylvania Ave. is just another stage in the closing of Washington, D.C.
Reason Magazine

November 10, 2004
A view of the renovated Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Post Photo

December 18, 2004
Activists Allege Effort to Limit Inaugural Route Access
Washington Post

December 19, 2004
Tightest security ever planned for presidential inauguration
Associated Press


2005

March 3, 2005
Letter to Mayor Williams Re Mayors For Peace Campaign
By Ellen Thomas

March 15, 2005
Letter of Complaint to U.S. Park Police re Inauguration
By Thomas

March 16, 2005
- Press Release from Eleanor Holmes Norton's office
- Norton's Statement on Introduction of HR-1348

March 21, 2005
Report from a new anti-war vigil in Lafayette Park
By Jim MacDonald, DC Indymedia

March 22, 2005
Report from Day 2 of the White House anti-war vigil
By Jim MacDonald, DC Indymedia

June 1, 2005
My Own Recent Conversations With U.S. Soldiers
By Mitchell E. Potts

June 3, 2005
Invitation to Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil 24th Anniversary
WPFW PSA

July 28, 2005
Letter to Los Alamos County Council, Los Alamos, New Mexico
By Ellen Thomas

August 6, 2005
Activists Mark A-Bomb Anniversary in U.S.
Washington Post

August 19, 2005
DCist Interview: Concepcion Picciotto

October 3, 2005
My Chat with Scott Galindez
t r u t h o u t | Interview

December 4, 2005
Letter to White House and Secret Service
By Thomas


2006

January 8, 2006
The United States has not lost its democracy
NH Seacoast Online

January 13, 2006
Symbol of "Freedom" in a Police State
Reply by Thomas to NH Seacoast Online

June, 2006
Invitation to 25th Anniversary of Vigil

June 3, 2006
"25 Years At The White House Gates"
By Ellen Thomas

June 3, 2006
A Long Wait for Peace
Washington Post

June 3, 2006
Speech by Elizabeth McAllister at 25th Anniversary of the Vigil

June 5, 2006
Japanese Report on 25th Anniversary
By Shinji Yamasaki, Akahata


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