The extensive fencing around the US Capitol area has cut off access to one of Washington’s treasures, the US Botanic Garden. I certainly hope that changes in the future.

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We drove down towards the Capitol to see what the area looked like six weeks after the insurrection on Jan. 6, thinking that perhaps some of the security precautions had been removed. Instead, what we found was even more fencing and security measures to prevent the public from getting anywhere near the US Capitol, congressional offices and federal buildings. Quite frankly, I was appalled to see the extent of it – three miles of fences.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly
unsharp.

Here they come, ready or not, posted earlier: