“The Jefferson 1” is the now famous title of the individual who was arrested when a group of people decided to celebrate the birthday of Thomas Jefferson (which I didn’t think anybody remembered) by dancing at his memorial.  When I first learned about this at ImprovEverywhere I thought that this was a GREAT idea for people to actually draw attention to the long forgotten birthday of a founder of our country in a positive way.   Sadly as I read on and learned of The Jefferson 1 being arrested it has upset me as a young enthusiastic supporter of what the Improv Everywhere spirit represents.

Below I’m linking to a variety of other related articles in a hope to continue drawing attention to the issues raised by this event.  This will hopefully help since I know there isn’t a lot of traffic to this blog.

Improv Everywhere: Headphone Dancing Ends in Arrest in DC

The Coparazzi: Woman Arrested for Dancing to Her Ipod

The Dainty Knife: D.C. Woman Arrested at Peaceful Celebration of Jefferson’s Birthday

beka531: Woman Arrested for Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial

CelticBear’s Musings: “Read these walls that you guard!”

Snarky Bastards: Free The Jefferson 1!

The Blog of M’Gath: Asking “Why?” is now a crime

cozcommunio: Is Quiet Dancing Disorderly?