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In the Greater Boston area, thousands of “No Kings” marches and rallies are taking place, part of major demonstrations planned across the country.
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Protests against President Donald Trump and his administration are planned nationwide Saturday, but in Boston, organizers say the “No Kings” demonstration will look a little different, since the day of action coincides with the city’s Pride parade and festival.
I GOT TO SHOW UP LIKE IT’S BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT. SO PEOPLE GOT TO SHOW UP AND SHOW UP. THEY DID. ALSO IN BOSTON, DEMONSTRATORS FOR THE NO. KING’S PROTEST, A RALLY AT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING BOSTON.
The annual Boston Pride celebration will be held on Saturday, June 14. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. and run until 12:30 p.m., followed by a festival on Boston Common from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a 21+ block party at City Hall Plaza from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Boston's Copley Square on Saturday for the Pride parade while "No Kings" protesters lined the streets to peacefully demonstrate.
“No Kings” organizers, including Mass 50501 and the Indivisible Mass Coalition, had encouraged the Boston protesters to join in with the Pride parade, to show “joyous defiance of anti-LGBTQIA+ tyranny of a fascist administration.”
A rally will be held in Boston on Monday afternoon in response to ICE raids and protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The rallies were among hundreds of "No Kings" protests held throughout the United States, timed to coincide with a military parade celebrating the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C. Saturday was also Trump's 79th birthday.
Thousands of people protested on June 15 in cities across the country against President Donald Trump’s policies.