Editing Pennsylvania Avenue (section)

====Protests and celebrations====
[[File:Pennsylvania Ave - Old Post Office to the Capitol at Night.jpg|thumb|A southeast view down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the [[Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)|Old Post Office Pavilion]] and [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]]]
In addition to serving as a location for official functions, Pennsylvania Avenue is a traditional parade and protest route of ordinary citizens. During the [[Panic of 1893|depression of the 1890s]], [[Jacob Coxey]] marched 500 supporters down Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol to demand federal aid for the unemployed. Similarly, on the eve of [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s [[First inauguration of Woodrow Wilson|1913 inauguration]], [[Alice Paul]] masterminded a parade, the [[Woman Suffrage Procession]], highlighting the [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage movement]]. In July 1932, a contingent of the [[Bonus Expeditionary Force]] carried flags up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, where they formed picket lines.

Pennsylvania Avenue also has served as a background for more lighthearted celebrations, including a series of [[Shriner]]'s parades in the 1920s and 1930s. [[Thomas (activist)|Thomas]] and [[Concepcion Picciotto]] are the founders of the [[White House Peace Vigil]], the longest-running [[Anti-nuclear movement in the United States|anti-nuclear]] peace [[vigil]] in the nation at [[Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.|Lafayette Square]] on the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.<ref>[http://aje.me/HHwQcE The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120710053132/http://aje.me/HHwQcE |date=2012-07-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/07/AR2009020701843.html |title=From Lafayette Square Lookout, He Made His War Protest Permanent |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 8, 2009 |author=Colman McCarthy |author-link=Colman McCarthy |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817181954/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/07/AR2009020701843.html |url-status=live }}</ref>