Loudoun parishioners were among those who gathered in the District this morning to participate in the annual March for Life.

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Parishioners from St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville were among those who gathered at St. Stephen Martyr Roman Catholic Church in the District after the Verizon Center was filled to capacity.

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Parishioners from St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville were among those who gathered at St. Stephen Martyr Roman Catholic Church in the District after the Verizon Center was filled to capacity this morning.

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Emma Ancrum, of Leesburg, prepares to march at the Courthouse.

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Marchers in Leesburg celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march from the County Courthouse to the Douglass Community Center in frigid temperatures.

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Lester Jackson, left and Hugh Langston, front center, members of the Prince Hall Masons, before the march.

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A participant casts a shadow on a County Courthouse monument during a prayer before the march begins.

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Carrie Corum, left, and Sheila Jasper, right, during a prayer preceding the march.

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Marchers in Leesburg celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march from the County Courthouse to the Douglass Community Center in frigid temperatures. Marchers here are on Market Street.

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Marchers in Leesburg celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march from the County Courthouse to the Douglass Community Center in frigid temperatures.

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Marchers from the Prince Hall Masons pass Mom's Apple Pie on Market Street.

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Marchers in Leesburg celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march from the County Courthouse to the Douglass Community Center in frigid temperatures. A lane of Market Street is dedicated to the marchers.

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Marchers in Leesburg celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march from the County Courthouse to the Douglass Community Center in frigid temperatures.

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Marchers in Leesburg celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march from the County Courthouse to the Douglass Community Center in frigid temperatures. KD Kidder, left, and her mother, Doris Kidder, are shown at Douglass Community Center. Doris Kidder founded the march 15 years ago.

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Some of the original members of the march, left to right: Doris Kidder, who founded the march; John Middleton, Mary Lee Perry and Margaret Lloyd, seated. On the left is KD Kidder, daughter of Doris Kidder.

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