By Carl Pierre
InTheCapitol, May 2, 2012

Today marks the one year anniversary of one of the more unforgettable and infamous protests that have swept the city of Washington, D.C.: the Occupy D.C. movement. Just a year ago, the first rallies and tents that eventually spurned on an entire miniature city of 99 percenters took place today in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza. The movement, and resulting ‘tent cities’, lasted for months before National Park Services and the D.C. City Council mandated the tents be taken down due to growing health concerns of the camps. Even though their physical presence may be gone, the protesters of the Occupy DC movement have made it a point that they have not forgotten their cause. To commemorate their one year anniversary, they have organized a mass march down K Street Monday morning to directly protest major lobbying groups and corporations, right at their door step.