With no ‘armed march’ by extremists, D.C. residents navigate a fortress and fear Samantha Schmidt, Emily Davies, Michael E. Miller, Jessica Contrera Experience the security shutdown in D.C. ahead of Biden's inauguration Replay Video UP NEXT The troops were in formation. The residents were told to stay home. The heart of Washington was a fortress of fences, concrete barriers and security checkpoints. But on Sunday, the planned and promoted “armed march” on the nation’s capital never materialized. There were no gathered crowds, large or small, and authorities reported just one arrest of an armed man carrying a handgun and ammunition near barricades surrounding the Capitol building just after midnight.