Don't show me this message again✕ Crowds return to the US Capitol grounds in Washington DC on 10 July after crews removed the final barricades installed after the riot on 6 January. (REUTERS) Six months after they were erected in the wake of a far-right mob that swarmed the US Capitol steps and the halls of Congress, the final pieces of concrete barriers and black fencing surrounding the grounds have been removed, and crowds are returning to the Capitol. Following a US Capitol Police Board memo that crews would begin removing the remaining temporary fencing, crews dismantled and loaded up what was left of the barriers on 10 July.