Fencing Around US Capitol Removed 6 Months After Jan. 6 Breach

Workers remove security fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on July 10, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—More than six months after the Jan. 6 breach on the U.S. Capitol, the remaining high-security fence surrounding the white-domed building has been removed, police said on Sunday.

Workers began removing the last of the eight-foot-high black mesh fencing on Friday, which at one point surrounded several blocks of Capitol Hill and interfered with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.