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We’ll have a thorough review of the We Are One concert, along with a ton of photos, up later, but in the meantime, here’s what DCist staffers are reporting about their experience:

>> The lines at checkpoints were crazy, so much so that security shut them down shortly after 2:30 p.m. People began running toward the Washington Monument to grab any patch of land surrounding any of the 2 jumbotrons. -Tracy Clayton

>> Taking the Green line to Archives and walking over ended up being pretty painless. My train was not very crowded. Leaving, however, was crazier. The area is surrounded by a fence with only a few small openings, so there was a huge bottleneck at each one. Also, cell phone service started to be really spotty as everyone was leaving. -Andrew Wiseman

>> Definitely also experienced cell phone service dropping out as I was leaving. But the process of walking down here and back out gets an overall grade of A- for me. Relatively painless, considering what it could have been — and not as cold, either. My fingers and toes were definitely cold by the end, but it was totally doable. -Steve Goldenberg

How was getting to and from the concert for you?

Street closures were scheduled to be lifted at 5 p.m.