D.C. had been a bustle of activity all day (the Fourth of July will do that).  A couple hundred of their family and friends, as well as strategically invited guests and members of the military, had been descending on the White House all afternoon, and even more were keeping the security at the gates busy as the afternoon faded to evening.  As she and her siblings settled onto the White House’s South Lawn, people Hermione hadn’t seen ages greeted her, asking about her school and her travels during the last year.