U.S. trucker convoy arrives and slows traffic on the Beltway near D.C.

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The Capital Beltway is a highway that encircles Washington, D.C. and is being slowed down by American drivers who are calling themselves the "People's Convoy".

The group is following in the footsteps of the "Freedom Convoy", which saw Canadian truck drivers block the streets of the capital city of Canada in protest of COVID-19 health restrictions.

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The news is that the U.S. convoy left Southern California last week and is on its way across the country.

• The group spent Saturday night in Maryland, about 73 miles from the capital.

The convoy is made up of hundreds of trucks, cars, and recreational vehicles.

• The convoy has slowed traffic, but it hasn't brought it to a standstill.

• According to a post on their Facebook page, the convoy will circle around the Beltway twice before returning to Hagerstown.

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  Hundreds of trucks, recreational vehicles and cars circled the outskirts of Washington on Sunday, aiming to slow traffic around the capital as part of a protest. The so-called "People's Convoy", which originated in California and has drawn participants from around the country, is calling for an end to all restrictions related to the swine flu. The leaders of the convoy said that they would drive the Beltway again on Monday, though they didn't know when it would happen.

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  The convoy is going to circle the D.C. Beltway twice a day.

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