A demonstrator who asked to be identified as “Marc Abian” speaks to two passers-by during the “>9000 Anon March” (over nine-thousand, anonymous march) to protest the Church of Scientology on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, July 19, 2008. Protesters masked their identity mostly with Guy Fawkes masks, a.k.a. “V” from “V for Vendetta,” as seen in the photo.

The identity “Marc Abian” is derived from “Marcabian.” The term was embraced by Anonymous protesters after a post on alt.religion.scientology alleged Church of Scientology leaders said Anonymous members were an interstellar invasion force from a federation of planets known as “Marcab.”

This is from a series of photos from the >9000 Anon March that will be published on Washington Photo Journal. More to come. Video soon. Be sure to add WaPhoJo to your RSS reader to know when more are added.

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton took the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, Jones Lang LaSalle Retail, and Ashkenazy Acquisition to task yesterday, July 22, 2008, during a congressional hearing over the continued harassment of photographers as reported on flickr in the DC Photo Rights Group. She has directed them to draft new photography policies within thirty days and enforce them in a uniform matter within sixty days. More information from the Washington Post. This July 22, 2008, photo of the interior of Union Station and caption by Sanjay Suchak for Washington Photo Journal.