Maryland Polar Bear Plunge, Jaunary 30, 2010
On January 30, 2010, the Maryland State Police-sponsored Polar Bear Plunge event took place at Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis, Maryland. The event, where participants ran into the Chesapeake Bay in winter, raised money for the Special Olympics. The weather for this event was fitting, if also unfortunate, as the event took place as a snowstorm was dropping several inches of snow over the mid-Atlantic region. Event organizers made sure to make a day out of the event, because along with the main event, there was food, games, and live entertainment, both inside the tents and out on a stage overlooking the beach.
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Funk the War 9, March 19, 2010
Funk the War 9 was an anti-war demonstration held in Washington DC on March 19, 2010, the seventh anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. The demonstration was organized by the DC chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Like all "Funk the War" style demonstrations, this demonstration took the form of a radical street party. Sound equipment was carried on a cart, and participants, mostly college-aged, demonstrated in opposition to the war and in support of public education.
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Camp Out Now and March for America, March 21, 2010
A visit by anti-war activists to Cindy Sheehan's "Camp Out Now" demonstration on the National Mall in Washington DC, and then participation in the pro-immigration March for America, held on the National Mall on March 21, 2010.
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JMU, April 5, 2010
James Madison University (JMU) is a public comprehensive university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I attended JMU from 1999 to 2003, and graduated in December 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration.
On Monday, April 5, 2010, I returned to JMU for a visit, on a beautiful day in early spring, with the campus in full bloom. While on campus, I got to say hello to a few of my old professors, had lunch at D-Hall, and explored around a bit. In exploring around campus, I found that a lot of things had changed in seven years’ time. However, other things looked exactly the same as they did the day I finished. Some buildings on campus were new since I had graduated. Some buildings looked different inside and out since my college days. Some buildings, particularly across South Main Street, weren’t there anymore, having been demolished to make way for new buildings.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial, October 2, 2010
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a tribute to those who served in the United States Armed Forces in the Vietnam War, located on the National Mall in Washington DC. While opinion is divided about whether we should have even gone to fight in Vietnam at all, the conflict had a human toll in lives that were cut short by war. The memorial was designed by Maya Lin in 1981, and dedicated on November 13, 1982. The memorial’s design consists of two gabbro walls embedded in the ground, with one wall pointing towards the Washington Monument, and the other pointing towards the Lincoln Memorial. Etched in the wall are the names of servicemembers who either died in the war or were missing in action.
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Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, October 30, 2010
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was a quasi-political rally held on October 30, 2010 in Washington DC featuring comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and sponsored by Comedy Central. With both comedians’ shows being distinctly political, having a rally in Washington DC seemed a logical extension of the concept. The rally was initially announced as two (intentionally) competing events – the Rally to Restore Sanity with Jon Stewart, and the Rally to Keep Fear Alive with Stephen Colbert. Ultimately, these two events were combined into one single event on the National Mall, about four blocks west of the Capitol.
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Parking lot at the beginning of Snowmageddon [02]
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Parking lot at the beginning of Snowmageddon [01]
![Parking lot at the beginning of Snowmageddon [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010320-9c34733d-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Parking lot at the beginning of Snowmageddon [01] (3004 visits) Parking lot at an apartment complex in Aspen Hill, Maryland within the first few hours of the first ...")
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Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [01]
![Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010337-a65f5974-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [01] (1757 visits) Railing on an apartment balcony during the "Snowmageddon" storm of February 2010.
The wet...")
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Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [02]
![Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010340-4b92c832-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [02] (1755 visits) Railing on an apartment balcony during the "Snowmageddon" storm of February 2010.
The wet...")
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Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [03]
![Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010341-76cbd872-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [03] (1167 visits) Railing on an apartment balcony during the "Snowmageddon" storm of February 2010.
The wet...")
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Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [04]
![Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010342-18d14528-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [04] (1518 visits) Railing on an apartment balcony during the "Snowmageddon" storm of February 2010.
The wet...")
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Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [05]
![Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [05]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010344-b18fda01-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Balcony railing during Snowmageddon [05] (1401 visits) Railing on an apartment balcony during the "Snowmageddon" storm of February 2010.
The wet...")
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Mercury Sable buried during Snowmageddon
![Mercury Sable buried during Snowmageddon](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010345-871c2eab-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Mercury Sable buried during Snowmageddon (1529 visits) A Mercury Sable station wagon is buried in snow during the first February 2010 "Snowmageddon&qu...")
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Apartment complex in Aspen Hill during Snowmageddon
![Apartment complex in Aspen Hill during Snowmageddon](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010347-a57fc213-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Apartment complex in Aspen Hill during Snowmageddon (1683 visits) An apartment complex in Aspen Hill, Maryland during the first storm of February 2010's "Snowmag...")
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Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [01]
![Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010348-e0346f2d-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first \"Snowmageddon\" storm [01] (5357 visits) Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland following the first of two "Snowmageddon" storms in Feb...")
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Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [02]
![Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010350-8e5d8be0-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first \"Snowmageddon\" storm [02] (1246 visits) Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland following the first of two "Snowmageddon" storms in Feb...")
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Apartment balcony following first "Snowmageddon" storm
![Apartment balcony following first "Snowmageddon" storm](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010351-e0254141-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Apartment balcony following first \"Snowmageddon\" storm (1241 visits) Snow on an apartment balcony following the first "Snowmageddon" storm in February 2010.
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Snow beyond edge of roof
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Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [03]
![Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010354-1fd73030-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first \"Snowmageddon\" storm [03] (1210 visits) A vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland on the evening after the end of the first "Snowmageddon&qu...")
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Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [04]
![Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first "Snowmageddon" storm [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010356-8ba1df23-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland at night following first \"Snowmageddon\" storm [04] (1270 visits) A vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland on the evening after the end of the first "Snowmageddon&qu...")
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Removing snow from windows
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Snow on apartment building roof
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Car buried under snow [03]
![Car buried under snow [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010401-8e161876-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Car buried under snow [03] (3005 visits) A Mercury Sable station wagon is buried under several feet of snow following the first of two "...")
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Snow on top of a fence
![Snow on top of a fence](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010403-57504ab4-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Snow on top of a fence (1661 visits) Snow on top of a fence following the first of two "Snowmageddon" winter storms in February...")
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Snow in a tree
![Snow in a tree](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010405-d5a5b49f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Snow in a tree (2517 visits) Snow in the branches of a tree following the first of two "Snowmageddon" winter storms in ...")
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Destroyed gutter
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Car buried under snow [01]
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Digging out from Snowmageddon [01]
![Digging out from Snowmageddon [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010410-88d61c04-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Digging out from Snowmageddon [01] (1846 visits) Neighbors dig their cars out from under several feet of snow following the first "Snowmageddon&...")
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Digging out from Snowmageddon [02]
![Digging out from Snowmageddon [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010411-6cec6ffe-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Digging out from Snowmageddon [02] (1714 visits) Neighbors dig their cars out from under several feet of snow following the first "Snowmageddon&...")
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Car buried under snow [02]
![Car buried under snow [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010412-d4bbc2ec-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Car buried under snow [02] (3128 visits) Two cars are buried under several feet of snow following the first of two "Snowmageddon" s...")
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Damaged gutter system hanging from building [01]
![Damaged gutter system hanging from building [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010414-2bec2ad6-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Damaged gutter system hanging from building [01] (1306 visits) The last part of a gutter system that received significant damage during the February 2010 "Sno...")
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Vacant lot during second "Snowmageddon" storm
![Vacant lot during second "Snowmageddon" storm](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010415-6394efe8-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Vacant lot during second \"Snowmageddon\" storm (1017 visits) Vacant lot in Aspen Hill, Maryland during the second "Snowmageddon" storm in February 2010...")
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Damaged gutter system hanging from building [02]
![Damaged gutter system hanging from building [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010417-c5e68847-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Damaged gutter system hanging from building [02] (1317 visits) The last part of a gutter system that received significant damage during the February 2010 "Sno...")
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Ice on balcony railing [01]
![Ice on balcony railing [01]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010419-8635b2d8-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Ice on balcony railing [01] (1574 visits) Ice on the railing of a balcony on an apartment building in Aspen Hill, Maryland following the secon...")
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Ice on balcony railing [02]
![Ice on balcony railing [02]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010420-ff6692f3-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Ice on balcony railing [02] (1405 visits) Ice on the railing of a balcony on an apartment building in Aspen Hill, Maryland following the secon...")
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Damaged gutter system hanging from building [03]
![Damaged gutter system hanging from building [03]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010422-c0b62027-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Damaged gutter system hanging from building [03] (1289 visits) The last part of a gutter system that received significant damage during the first February 2010 &qu...")
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Damaged gutter system hanging from building [04]
![Damaged gutter system hanging from building [04]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010424-d2d89171-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Damaged gutter system hanging from building [04] (2044 visits) The last part of a gutter system that received significant damage during the first February 2010 &qu...")
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Damaged gutter system hanging from building [05]
![Damaged gutter system hanging from building [05]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010426-64a63e08-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Damaged gutter system hanging from building [05] (1489 visits) The last part of a gutter system that received significant damage during the first February 2010 &qu...")
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Damaged gutter system hanging from building [06]
![Damaged gutter system hanging from building [06]](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010432-eed1258e-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Damaged gutter system hanging from building [06] (1814 visits) The last part of a gutter system that received significant damage during the first February 2010 &qu...")
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Metrobus 4078 on Georgia Avenue following Snowmageddon
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Sidewalk following Snowmageddon
![Sidewalk following Snowmageddon](../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716010435-71f6235a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Sidewalk following Snowmageddon (1254 visits) Sidewalk in Aspen Hill, Maryland completely covered by several feet of snow following the two "...")
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Chain marker in the snow
