Jamie Usrey of Arlington stands next to one of the many creatures wandering the mall on Saturday, April 22, to march for science. “Polar bears” and “gorillas” were seen protesting policies which could lead to their extinction. Photo by Eden Brown.
Arlington residents joined the approximate 30,000 participants who marched for science on April 22. Despite the rain, marchers filed down Constitution Avenue to the Capitol, many of them doctors or students of medicine in white coats.