The closing of Dupont Circle felt like a bad omen. The park and its namesake neighborhood, a longtime hub of gay life in ...

Dupont Circle Park "has historically been known as a space for our community to go out and celebrate,” the board president of the Capital Pride Alliance said.

D.C. police ordered Dupont Circle Park evacuated at the height of a Pride celebration Saturday evening after reports that two men were stabbed and another was shot nearby. In the immediate ...

Federal officials said D.C.’s historic Dupont Circle Park would be closed during the key weekend of World Pride – then two D.C. Council members said the decision was reversed and the park will ...

Amid days of uncertainty, it now appears that a historic D.C. park that played an important role in D.C. Pride for decades will be closed this weekend. The National Park Service and U.S. Park ...

The National Park Service (NPS) was going to close Dupont Circle Park in Washington, D.C., from Thursday to Monday during WorldPride — a site traditionally used by the city’s LGBTQ for gatherings.

Amid days of uncertainty, it now appears that a historic D.C. park that played an important role in D.C. Pride for decades will be closed this weekend. The National Park Service and U.S. Park ...

DuPont Circle – Photo: Sara Cottle via Unsplash. Following a massive outcry from community members and politicians, the National Park Service has canceled its plans to close down the park at ...

Amid days of uncertainty, it now appears that a historic D.C. park that played an important role in D.C. Pride for decades will be closed this weekend. The National Park Service and U.S. Park ...

Fencing around Dupont Circle comes down just in time for Pride's biggest weekend It's the latest update in a weeklong back-and-forth over whether the historic neighborhood would be accessible ...

The Dupont Circle Metro Station was closed shortly afterward for an investigation into the shooting. Metro services resumed normally a couple of hours later, by 10 p.m. local time.

The Park Service cited a history of destructive and disorderly behavior during unpermitted activities during past D.C. Pride weekends. In 2023, the Dupont Circle fountain sustained $175,000 in ...