Occupy DC protesters returned to the District on Monday, exactly one year after they took over McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza to express their displeasure with Wall Street banks and corporate lobbyists. However, this time the group made no attempt to “occupy” any public spaces, including McPherson Square — which is still recovering from the aftereffects of its four-month-long illegal encampment. Protesters were evicted from the squalid tent city on Feb. 4, after the patience of even sympathetic D.C. officials and the overly lenient National Park Service had finally worn thin.

This week’s protest also included a march down K Street, with stops at the offices of a number of banks and big businesses such as JPMorgan Chase, British Petroleum and Monsanto. But compared with the group’s former activities, the Oct. 1 demonstration was a peaceful and uncontroversial exercise.