I really don’t know how we got to this point, when the US Capitol has to be closed off from the public for the president’s State of the Union address. I read that several trucker convoys are still on their way to DC to protest federal vaccine and mask mandates, but they aren’t expected to arrive until March 5 and 6. Some of them won’t arrive at all since they were involved in a four-truck crash in Oklahoma in which several people were injured. There is also a “peaceful demonstration” expected on the National Mall this evening.

I had wanted to go out for this shot earlier but couldn’t because of work, but it turned out to be the perfect time since in late afternoon, the Capitol turns a beautiful, pinkish shade.

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

‘STOP STOP STOP,’ posted earlier: