A moon over Washington

A half moon appears behind a Guy Fawkes mask set on the statue of Civil War Gen. James B. McPherson at the McPherson Square by Occupy DC protesters in Washington, DC. Police ordered the Washington offshoot of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVGAP00019" title="Occupy Wall Street" href="/topic/politics/activism/protest/occupy-wall-street-EVGAP00019.topic">Occupy Wall Street</a> on Tuesday to pull down a "tent of dreams" it erected the day before in an escalation of its protest against corporate power and greed. Members of Occupy DC in McPherson Square, a stone's throw from the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000110" title="White House" href="/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic">White House</a>, said a National Park Service sergeant asked for the big blue tarpaulin draped over an equestrian statue of a Civil War general to be removed.

( Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images / January 31, 2012 )

A half moon appears behind a Guy Fawkes mask set on the statue of Civil War Gen. James B. McPherson at the McPherson Square by Occupy DC protesters in Washington, DC. Police ordered the Washington offshoot of Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday to pull down a "tent of dreams" it erected the day before in an escalation of its protest against corporate power and greed. Members of Occupy DC in McPherson Square, a stone's throw from the White House, said a National Park Service sergeant asked for the big blue tarpaulin draped over an equestrian statue of a Civil War general to be removed.

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