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Illustrated Scenes From The 'March For Our Lives' : NPR Ed Hundreds of thousands across the country demonstrated in the student-led event to demand stricter gun control laws. NPR illustrator LA Johnson takes us to Saturday's flagship march in Washington, D.C.

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Illustrated Scenes From The 'March For Our Lives'

The "March For Our Lives" was held near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
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The "March For Our Lives" was held near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
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Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents and victims gathered in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Saturday to rally for tougher gun control measures.

I'm an illustrator at NPR and I was in our nation's capital with a sketchbook and some pens. Here's what I saw:

Entrance to the march on 7th Street
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Kids sit atop an electrical box above the crowd.
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School-related signs
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Some of the protest signs brought to the march
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Babies and their various modes of transportation
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Small counterprotest
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One of the jumbo screens
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One man weeps at the march.
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