Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Quarterly safety bonus. yourNEWS is a hyper-local social news and advertising platform. Initially, the movement was to fight against vaccine mandates, now the truckers just want lawmakers in Washington D.C. to listen to them. Cities and states across the country have been easing mask mandates after new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week removed strong mask recommendations for much of the United States. On Friday, the caravan traveled from North Carolina to another racetrack campground site in Greenbrier, Tennessee. While the group had planned for nearly 3,000 people, cameras captured a nearly empty gathering, with the Washingtonian reporting only about 20 people in attendance. The convoy, a spin-off of trucker protests further north that have snarled Ottawa and disrupted Canadian transport arteries to the US, began assembling in The Peoples Convoy started with around 150 vehicles and has grown to over 250 as it made its way throughTexasand Oklahoma over the weekend. By NBC Washington Staff Published February 23, 2022 Updated on February 24, 2022 at 10:52 am. Freedom Convoy demands accountability. Picture taken March 26, 2022. Routes for the convoy include starting points in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, and Fresno, California. WebSupporters listen to organizers talk about the upcoming trucker caravan to Washington, D.C. called The People's Convoy on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Adelanto, Calif. A Trucker Convoy Stragglers Get Kicked Out of Racetrack, Form New Movement, Visit the National Mall, Dont Go Home, The Cherry Blossom Princess Tradition, Explained, Guest List: 5 People Wed Love to Hang Out With This March, One Womans Quest to Bring Cherry Blossoms to DC, Lil Uzi Vert and Ice Spice Will Perform at This Years Broccoli City Festival, PHOTOS: 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Honoree Dinner Celebrating Joni Mitchell, Rant About the Books You Hate at This Book Club on H Street. Canada's Trucker Freedom Convoy has exposed Justin Trudeau as a full-fledged communist Freedom Convoy stops in Missoula on the way to DC - KRTV Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to the media with members of the "People's Convoy" at the Capitol on March 10, 2022. Trucker Mask mandates already are ending across the country after new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week removed strong mask recommendations for much of the country. More vehicles have joined for stretches of time. DC trucker convoy plans on shutting down Capital Beltway, See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. The People's Convoy released a special announcement video on Sunday in which speakers at a rally prayed, set a game plan, and boosted morale for the people in the convoy. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said Friday that his department was closely monitoring the shifting information and would be devoting additional police manhours in a rolling state of heightened alert over the next few weeks.