"Take Back the Capitol" protesters demonstrate on the National Mall for jobs and equality on December 8.

Wreaths Across America volunteers laid over 90,000 wreaths on Saturday, December 10, 2011 to honor veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Occupy DC protesters took their anti-corporate demonstration to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on December 15, 2011, carrying a "golden bull" to symbolize Congress' subservience to moneyed interests.