This afternoon, about 200 to 300 people gathered at the Egyptian Embassy in the Van Ness neighborhood of NW to call for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, as well as to show solidarity with those protesting in Egypt. Chanting in Arabic and English, the crowd called for freedom for Egypt. Surrounded by the media as is usual in protests, the crowd passionately called for Mubarak to step down. As word came down that there had been damage to the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo, the crowd stopped for a moment, in a sober silence. The protest later marched down Connecticut Avenue headed towards the White House, with a police escort. Meanwhile, protests continue in Egypt.