U.S. Park Police decided to close the park despite pushback from LGBT groups and an official request from D.C. police to keep it open.

WASHINGTON — After the National Park Service announced Dupont Circle would be closed during WorldPride, D.C. Councilmember Zachary Parker said that will no longer happen. Parker said D.C. Police ...

D.C. police have pulled back on the decision to close off D.C.'s historic Dupont Circle Park during the key weekend of Pride, according to a D.C. police spokesperson. Chief Pamela Smith sent a ...

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 ...

According to a letter from Major Frank Hilsher of the Park Police’s Icon Protection Branch, Smith’s subsequent request “ does not provide any remedy or solutions to the significant amount of criminal ...