Ever since the beginnings of the American Revolution in the mid-1770�s, Americans have cried out for forums to speak their minds and air their grievances. One of the most active of all those places since the founding of Washington, DC has been Lafayette Square and Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Facing the Executive Mansion, demonstrators have shouted, sung, spoken, and silently expressed their views and ideas on a variety of controversial subjects. In a land founded on dissent and the freedom of speech, no place has witnessed more of this truly most American of activities than the area opposite the North entrance of the White House.

Please join Jacob Dinkelaker, a Park Ranger stationed at President's Park, as he explores the roots of demonstrations outside the White House, from their earliest beginnings at the time of the Woman's Suffrage Movement up to present day.�