People turned out in more than 3,000 communities from coast to coast on Saturday to express frustration with the Trump administration and its policies. Organized by the progressive network “No Kings,” the rallies represented a third nationwide wave of demonstrations since the president began a second term, following large marches in June and October of the previous year.
Massive crowds gathered in big cities and small towns alike. In San Francisco, thousands filled the Embarcadero before the march began, while the flagship St. Paul demonstration drew long lines of participants leaving the Minnesota State Capitol grounds. In Hartford, attendees signed a large banner reading “We the People” outside the statehouse as speakers addressed the crowd. Rural towns also showed up: protesters chanted and held signs in Driggs, Idaho, and marched along a roadside in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Scenes around the capital region captured demonstrators walking across the Memorial Bridge from Arlington into Washington, D.C., and later assembling on the National Mall — some in costume, many with handmade signs. New York’s Times Square and Manhattan’s 7th Avenue and Broadway were packed with marchers, while an aerial view in Atlanta showed a steady stream of people near the Georgia state Capitol.
Other highlights included a large procession across the South First bridge toward Auditorium Shores in Austin, and a steady march toward the Steel Bridge in Portland. In Boston, an ice sculpture reading “End ICE” was carved ahead of events on the Common. St. Louis protesters carried banners criticizing U.S. involvement in Iran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement; in Richmond, a rallygoer wore a pin that read “Let’s be brave.” Kansas City participants gathered in Mill Creek Park, and a crowd in Hartford listened as a veteran spoke about the struggles of fellow service members.
Many demonstrations featured banners calling to “End the wars, stop ICE” and urging broader labor and political action, including talk of a general strike. Across the country, speakers and signs accused the administration of authoritarian tendencies and of trampling legal norms, and thousands of people answered that call with marches, speeches and visual statements.
Photographs and on-the-ground reports from a wide range of regional and national outlets captured the scenes and sentiments from cities and towns nationwide.