WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- At a vigil outside the White House on Tuesday supporters demanded that a Montgomery County man being held in Cuba be released. 

Tuesday marks four years that Alan Gross has been held in a Cuban prison.

Gross was working in Cuba as part of a United States agency to increase internet access in the country's Jewish community.
The Cuban government arrested and sentenced Gross to 15 years in prison, accusing him of trying to undermine the regime by setting up unauthorized communications systems.

Tuesday Gross's wife read an open letter to President Obama.
You can watch her remarks in the video attached to this story.

The vigil was sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- If you were on Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning, then you may have seen some people dressed as Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

A WUSA 9 photographer captured images of Faith and Action's Live Nativity on Capitol Hill. The annual event includes a real donkey, camel and other animals.

See other photos on the group's website here: http://www.faithandaction.org/web/?s=live+nativity

The group started its journey from its ministry center behind the Supreme Court before moving along Constitution Avenue to the East Lawn of the Capitol.

Faith and Action describes itself as "a unique missionary outreach to our nation's elected and appointed officials."

WASHINGTON (WUSA9)-- On this Thanksgiving Day, a Springfield, Virginia ministry known as Lucas 4:18 made history by hosting a feast in an unprecedented location.

Volunteers cooked a traditional meal, set up tables from which to serve it and even provided transportation. 

"Hallelujah! Praise Jesus! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone," screamed Maryann Blackman. There was no mistaking just how much she appreciated having a Thanksgiving meal, prepared by volunteers.

"To have the meal all laid out for us is a blessing from heaven," she said. 

The meal itself was traditional. The location--highly symbolic. On the grounds of the United States Capitol.

"The contrast of having such a powerful thing be here in the back and then bring people that are homeless, broken-hearted, that they may not have had a pillow to sleep on last night," said Daliana Gandarillas, from the Lucas 4:18 Ministry.