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Jeff Malet  > Politics > March on Washington for Gun Control (2013)
Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. The rally was organized by Molly Smith, the artistic director of Arena Stage, along with her partner, American Indian activist Suzanne Blue Star Boy. Co-sponsors included One Million Moms for Gun Control, Washington National Cathedral, Foundry United Methodist Church in the District and Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Speakers at the rally included Education Secretary Arne Duncan; actress Kathleen Turner; Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray; activist Colin Goddard, survivor of Virginia Tech, Marty Isaac, President at Connecticut Against Gun Violence; and One Million Moms for Gun Control founder Shannon Watts.
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"We are Sandy Hoor. We Choose Love". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"Stop the NRA". Gun control demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Joan Huskins, the mother of four children who graduated from the Sandy Hook Elementary School, is overcome with emotion during the singing of John Lennon's song "Imagine". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a legislator with a conscience" reads this protest sign paraphrasing the words of NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"What would Jesus pack?" asks a demonstrator at a gun-control rally in Washington D.C. 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut and thousands of other gun-control activists gathered on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Sophie Ackert from Newtown CT comforts younger brother Noah. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Molly Smith, artistic director of Washington's Arena Stage addresses the gun-control rally she helped organize. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to the rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE!" reads a sign of protest. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Education Secretary Arne Duncan grew emotional as he spoke at a rally for gun-control in Washington D.C. where 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in a march down Constitution Ave. followed by speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. Duncan said "When I went on to lead Chicago Public Schools, we buried a child due to gun violence every two weeks...I’m here less as an education secretary, and more as a dad" (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"We are Sandy Hoor. We Choose Love". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"We are Sandy Hoor. We Choose Love". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
"We are Sandy Hoor. We Choose Love". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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