Location

Liberty Square

Bazan's soldiers ring Liberty Square—boots thudding on cracked pavement, rifles leveled under merciless sun—as they spit permit lies to strangle Dessaline's victory rally. Defiant cheers turn to screams when shots crack open the air, two bodies crumpling amid the crush of Carrefour de la Liberté, revolution's heart pulsing with throttled rage and fresh blood, a powder-keg plaza where democracy fractures under military chokehold.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Oval Office Briefing: Dessaline Vanishes in Haitian Coup Chaos

Liberty Square spotlighted as rally bloodsite—Bazan's troops firing on crowds, killing two—crystallizing coup violence and observer peril in advisors' urgent dissection.

Atmosphere

Blood-soaked defiance turning to panic

Functional Role

Site of lethal suppression invoked

Symbolic Significance

Shattered democratic celebration ground

Crack of gunfire Crowd screams amid stampede

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Bartlet Overrides Jake, Orders Embassy Evacuation and Marines

Liberty Square's rally bloodshed contextualizes the peril, its two casualties reinforcing the administration's resolve during the evac debate, underscoring why non-essentials must flee the embassy.

Atmosphere

Suppressed rage turning to screams and blood

Functional Role

Casualty site amplifying intervention need

Symbolic Significance

Heart of throttled revolution

Cracked pavement under boots Rifles leveled in merciless sun

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Oval Office Briefing: Dessaline Vanishes in Haitian Coup Chaos

In a tense Oval Office gathering, Leo demands updates from Robbie, Jake, and a civilian advisor on Port-au-Prince, revealing 400+ trapped UN observers amid Bazan's military moves: rally suppression killing …

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Bartlet Overrides Jake, Orders Embassy Evacuation and Marines

In the Oval Office briefing on the Haitian coup, after learning of Dessaline's disappearance and military encirclement, Leo proposes evacuating non-essential embassy personnel. Jake warns it signals U.S. doubt in …