WASHINGTON — Participants in Sunday’s “Unite the Right 2” rally descended upon D.C., a year after white nationalists held a similar event in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a counterprotester was killed.
The rally was scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Lafayette Square, but participants arrived hours earlier.
Counterprotesters had events planned for the day, including around Farragut Square and McPherson Square. They planned to march from Freedom Plaza to Lafayette Square.
Here are photos of the rally, protests and events around the D.C. area Sunday.
![Kessler marches with supporters and police escorts toward Layafatte Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_kesslerglag2-2.jpg)
![D.C. police stop a counterprotester who rushed toward the white nationalists marching to Lafayette Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_counter2-1.jpg)
![D.C. police stop a man who rushed toward the white nationalists marching to Lafayette Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_counter-1.jpg)
![White nationalists march toward Lafayette Square in Downtown D.C. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_march-1.jpg)
![Kessler marches with supporters and police escorts toward Layafatte Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_kesslerflag-1.jpg)
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: Roman candle fireworks in the air, eggs and sticks thrown a short while ago before Kessler & co. left the park. pic.twitter.com/oKYLXePH2j
— Alejandro Alvarez 🫡 (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
![Eggs and water bottles fly as a small group of “Unite the Right” protesters began to leave the area. They were temporarily blocked by counterprotesters. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max22.jpg)
![Eggs and water bottles fly as a small group of “Unite the Right” protesters began to leave the area. They were temporarily blocked by counterprotesters. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max21.jpg)
Some bottles being thrown as police move line back pic.twitter.com/HuSnfd2gKc
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
Flares fired off pic.twitter.com/tPB9LYlkEo
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
![Counterprotesters demonstrate in Lafayette Square as rain falls Sunday during the Unite The Right protests. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dowd4.jpg)
Mounted police have left, many still here at #LafayetteParkProtest pic.twitter.com/egAPBs0NmG
— Keara Dowd (@KGDowdWTOP) August 12, 2018
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dowd3.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dowd2.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dowd1.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dowd.jpg)
There’s another group of counter protesters with rainbow flags dancing on Pennsylvania Ave near 18th pic.twitter.com/WJazwVMVkk
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
This guy has been serenading people all afternoon, including those waiting in line at the media entrance. #MVP pic.twitter.com/hxepSvYbXO
— Keara Dowd (@KGDowdWTOP) August 12, 2018
Taking a wobble break #LafayetteSquare pic.twitter.com/BsYnEcxnmV
— Keara Dowd (@KGDowdWTOP) August 12, 2018
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max20.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max19.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max18.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max17.jpg)
![Anti-Fascists demonstrating on Pennsylvania Avenue during Sunday's "Unite the Right 2" rally and counterrallies. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_antifa-1672x1254.jpg)
![A counterprotester holds a sign reading "I ain't afraid of no ghosts" during the "Unite the Right 2" in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_ghosts.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max15.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters near the White House. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max14.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters near the White House. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max13.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters near the White House. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max12.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max11.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max10.jpg)
![Counterprotesters are walking in front of the group of Unite The Right 2 protesters. There are lots of D.C. Police present. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max9-e1534103557172.jpg)
Anti-fascist group comes down 17th St NW pic.twitter.com/FwLuKWGtLo
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
Counter protesters near Pa Ave entrance - bollards now up pic.twitter.com/2N0cmnSlHa
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
“Shame!” And “Nazis go home!” Chants as Unite the Right organizers arrive in #LafayetteSquare pic.twitter.com/NlUATOMb9n
— Keara Dowd (@KGDowdWTOP) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: On the street outside Lafayette Square. BLM DC contingent is big. “When black lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back.” pic.twitter.com/NnwCSkBNmx
— Alejandro Alvarez 🫡 (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: What it’s like to be sandwiched between two *super* energetic protest marches pic.twitter.com/1PpOADK6M0
— Alejandro Alvarez 🫡 (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: Hundreds of DC Black Lives Matter protesters just set out on a march up 16th Street toward the White House. pic.twitter.com/wjgs8mDPAG
— Alejandro Alvarez 🫡 (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
![Counterprotesters waiting in Lafayette Square for Unite the Right 2 protesters marching from the Foggy Bottom Metro station. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Keara2.jpg)
![Outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station, a large group of media, counterprotesters and police greet Unite The Right 2 rally participants. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max4-e1534100746386.jpg)
![Outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station, a large group of media, counterprotesters and police greet Unite The Right 2 rally participants. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max.jpg)
![Outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station, a large group of media, counterprotesters and police greet Unite The Right 2 rally participants. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max5-e1534100734381.jpg)
At Foggy Bottom - DC Police tell group about exiting station pic.twitter.com/XfnfCMCO0j
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
The doors did open at Dunn Loring, but police informed people on platform who was on car and several people went to next one down pic.twitter.com/uzyxueQKij
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
![Police presence at Foggy Bottom Metro. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_foggy2-1672x1254.jpg)
![Protesters gathering at Foggy Bottom Metro. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_foggy.jpg)
![Counter protesters at Freedom Plaza at about 2 p.m. demonstrating before marching to Lafayette Square where the Unite The Right 2 rally is expected to take place. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Keara1.jpg)
ANSWER Coalition protest in Lafayette Park @WTOP pic.twitter.com/L50SujBumy
— Melissa Howell (@Mhowell003) August 12, 2018
![Reporters swarm people headed to the Unite The Right 2 rally, including Jason Kessler, from the Vienna Metro station. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max2.jpg)
![Reporters have slid into a car that was kept private for people headed to the Unite The Right 2 rally from the Vienna Metro station. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max1.jpg)
Kessler group being escorted to apparently private cars. They’re now figuring out if their poles they have flags on are allowed downtown pic.twitter.com/Bq8tWAz0Cz
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
Entering system pic.twitter.com/2mZn5TQPWY
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
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Led by man in MAGA hat, group enters station area pic.twitter.com/kqGlwJXjrR
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
![One of the many groups at Freedom Plaza for anti-hate rally ahead of a march to Lafayette Square on Sunday, Aug. 12. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaqH4LUcAAPAEc.jpg)
![People gather at Freedom Plaza for an anti-hate rally ahead of a march to Lafayette Square on Sunday, Aug. 12. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaqVUNUYAE-jj0.jpg)
![Lots of activity at Freedom Plaza for the DC United Against Hate rally. Those here are planning to march to Lafayette Square at 3. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkapxfeU8AAzaNE.jpg)
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: The Freedom Plaza rally is inviting up speakers who were attacked during last year’s Cville protests.
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
“This kind of violence follows you,” one protester just told this rally. “In reality, it’s woven into the fabric of our history.” pic.twitter.com/oNhaWM1niO
![Counterprotesters gather at the Vienna Metro station before Unite the Right 2 participants arrive Sunday afternoon. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaccaoUwAEyDwg.jpg)
![Counterprotesters gather at the Vienna Metro station before Unite the Right 2 participants arrive. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaccavV4AIUAF5.jpg)
Fairfax Co Sheriff’s office in riot gear ready if needed - north side where some counter protesters are remains sealed off pic.twitter.com/0apFfEbhI0
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: The Freedom Plaza rally is slowly building up. A few hundred here so far, I’d say. pic.twitter.com/YDRwucRKhD
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
![Fairfax County Police are lining the entrance over I-66. Metro leaders and workers are going over plans for Sunday's events. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dkaa4BJXgAAUnds.jpg)
![Fairfax County Police are lining the entrance over I-66. Metro leaders and workers are going over plans for Sunday's events. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaZgakW0AALPmN.jpg)
#WMATA GM Wiedefeld surveys plans pic.twitter.com/RLJXocnBFi
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
![Metro officials, local police and union representatives were present at Metro's Vienna station Sunday morning. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaYQ7sW0AApLXA.jpg)
As marches continue in #Charlottesvile, I’m now at Vienna #WMATA where there is significant staffing of police and rail. Also some top Metro management, a union official and others. Some counterprotesters here too https://t.co/yJ10wMj7EY pic.twitter.com/9p7yLuClBJ
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: Refuse Fascism are one of the first groups to arrive at Freedom Plaza. ~50 strong, they just moved in with their characteristic chant - “in the name of humanity, we refuse a fascist America.” pic.twitter.com/0Rs1HBvNbF
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: ANSWER Coalition’s permit for this part of the park began at 8 am, and they’re accusing police of “antagonizing” protesters with an unannounced sweep. pic.twitter.com/u5QkjHGjF2
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
#UTR2 #AllOutDC: Police suddenly pushing everybody out of Lafayette, seems to be a security sweep. Supposedly, they’ll open it back up to counterprotesters afterward... pic.twitter.com/FYMZh1SyMA
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2018
![At a rally in Booker T. Washington Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, a speaker says, "This is a really big day. They may lock down our city, but they will never lock down our fight.” (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkZw4NgX4AQ_3r_.jpg)
“Hey hey, ho go, white supremacy’s got to go” pic.twitter.com/nlHppKWUT1
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
Smell of incense as crowd sings pic.twitter.com/a3mV0M3p6q
— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) August 12, 2018
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![Rallies are taking place in Booker T. Washington Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 -- a year after a deadly white nationalist rally in the town. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkZq0oHWwAEo89V.jpg)
![A year after Heather Heyer was killed and others injured, the sun rises over Charlottesville, Virginia. Booker T. Washington Park is one of the places anti-racism protesters are gathering Sunday morning ahead of other memorials, prayer services, marches and even a sing a long in the afternoon. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkZfb51X0AAyi3n.jpg)
![Kessler marches with supporters and police escorts toward Layafatte Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_kesslerglag2-2-260x174.jpg)
![D.C. police stop a counterprotester who rushed toward the white nationalists marching to Lafayette Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_counter2-1-260x174.jpg)
![D.C. police stop a man who rushed toward the white nationalists marching to Lafayette Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_counter-1-260x174.jpg)
![White nationalists march toward Lafayette Square in Downtown D.C. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_march-1-260x174.jpg)
![Kessler marches with supporters and police escorts toward Layafatte Square. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_kesslerflag-1-260x174.jpg)
![Eggs and water bottles fly as a small group of “Unite the Right” protesters began to leave the area. They were temporarily blocked by counterprotesters. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max22-260x174.jpg)
![Eggs and water bottles fly as a small group of “Unite the Right” protesters began to leave the area. They were temporarily blocked by counterprotesters. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max21-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters demonstrate in Lafayette Square as rain falls Sunday during the Unite The Right protests. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dowd4-260x174.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dowd3-260x174.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dowd2-260x174.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dowd1-260x174.jpg)
![Huge crowds gather for the ANSWER Coalition protest Sunday at Lafayette Park. ( WTOP/Melissa Howell)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dowd-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max20-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max19-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max18-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max17-260x174.jpg)
![Anti-Fascists demonstrating on Pennsylvania Avenue during Sunday's "Unite the Right 2" rally and counterrallies. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_antifa-260x174.jpg)
![A counterprotester holds a sign reading "I ain't afraid of no ghosts" during the "Unite the Right 2" in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_ghosts.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. The protesters are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max15-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters near the White House. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max14-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters near the White House. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max13-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters near the White House. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max12-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max11-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters walk in front of the group of Unite The Right protesters. They are mostly surrounded by D.C. Police. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max10-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters are walking in front of the group of Unite The Right 2 protesters. There are lots of D.C. Police present. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max9-e1534103557172-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters waiting in Lafayette Square for Unite the Right 2 protesters marching from the Foggy Bottom Metro station. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Keara2-260x174.jpg)
![Outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station, a large group of media, counterprotesters and police greet Unite The Right 2 rally participants. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max4-e1534100746386-260x174.jpg)
![Outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station, a large group of media, counterprotesters and police greet Unite The Right 2 rally participants. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max-260x174.jpg)
![Outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station, a large group of media, counterprotesters and police greet Unite The Right 2 rally participants. (WTOP/ Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max5-e1534100734381-260x174.jpg)
![Police presence at Foggy Bottom Metro. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_foggy2-260x174.jpg)
![Protesters gathering at Foggy Bottom Metro. (Courtesy Wilson Dizard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0812_foggy.jpg)
![Counter protesters at Freedom Plaza at about 2 p.m. demonstrating before marching to Lafayette Square where the Unite The Right 2 rally is expected to take place. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Keara1-260x174.jpg)
![Reporters swarm people headed to the Unite The Right 2 rally, including Jason Kessler, from the Vienna Metro station. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max2-260x174.jpg)
![Reporters have slid into a car that was kept private for people headed to the Unite The Right 2 rally from the Vienna Metro station. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/max1-260x174.jpg)
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![One of the many groups at Freedom Plaza for anti-hate rally ahead of a march to Lafayette Square on Sunday, Aug. 12. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaqH4LUcAAPAEc-260x174.jpg)
![People gather at Freedom Plaza for an anti-hate rally ahead of a march to Lafayette Square on Sunday, Aug. 12. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaqVUNUYAE-jj0-260x174.jpg)
![Lots of activity at Freedom Plaza for the DC United Against Hate rally. Those here are planning to march to Lafayette Square at 3. (WTOP/Keara Dowd)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkapxfeU8AAzaNE-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters gather at the Vienna Metro station before Unite the Right 2 participants arrive Sunday afternoon. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaccaoUwAEyDwg-260x174.jpg)
![Counterprotesters gather at the Vienna Metro station before Unite the Right 2 participants arrive. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaccavV4AIUAF5-260x174.jpg)
![Fairfax County Police are lining the entrance over I-66. Metro leaders and workers are going over plans for Sunday's events. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dkaa4BJXgAAUnds-260x174.jpg)
![Fairfax County Police are lining the entrance over I-66. Metro leaders and workers are going over plans for Sunday's events. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaZgakW0AALPmN-260x174.jpg)
![Metro officials, local police and union representatives were present at Metro's Vienna station Sunday morning. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkaYQ7sW0AApLXA-260x174.jpg)
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![At a rally in Booker T. Washington Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, a speaker says, "This is a really big day. They may lock down our city, but they will never lock down our fight.” (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkZw4NgX4AQ_3r_-260x174.jpg)
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![Rallies are taking place in Booker T. Washington Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 -- a year after a deadly white nationalist rally in the town. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkZq0oHWwAEo89V-260x174.jpg)
![A year after Heather Heyer was killed and others injured, the sun rises over Charlottesville, Virginia. Booker T. Washington Park is one of the places anti-racism protesters are gathering Sunday morning ahead of other memorials, prayer services, marches and even a sing a long in the afternoon. (WTOP/Max Smith)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DkZfb51X0AAyi3n-260x174.jpg)