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Sunday, July 5, 2026
Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march through DC
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Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front march through parts of Washington, DC, ahead of Independence Day festivities planned for the evening.
The group posts on social media that it arrived in the capital with about 400 members, and Reuters photographers report seeing hundreds of people dressed in Patriot Front outfits traveling on DC Metro trains.
Videos posted on various social media platforms and shared on Patriot Front’s own Telegram channel show the group marching to drummers near the US Capitol building while wearing khaki pants and caps, blue shirts, white face coverings and sunglasses. Many were carrying the group’s flag, Confederate flags, and variations of the American flag, at times chanting “Reclaim America.”
Hundreds of masked members of the white suprematist, neo-fascist, extremist group Patriot Front marched across areas of Downtown Washington, D.C. earlier this morning, in the lead up to today’s celebrations for the Fourth of July. Members of the group gathered and chanted hate… pic.twitter.com/jl7Bqa47ZR
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Around midday, they boarded Metro trains and exited at New Carrollton, Maryland, in Washington’s northeast suburbs.
The Patriot Front, known for its uniforms, face masks and flash mob-style demonstrations, formed in 2017 after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, at which they infamously chanted, “Jews will not replace us,” breaking off from the Vanguard America white supremacist group that was at the center of that protest, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
A manifesto on the Patriot Front website says, “Democracy has failed this once great nation,” and a “hard reset” is needed to “return to the traditions and virtues of our forefathers,” identifying them as European settlers.
The Times of Israel Community.