New York (AP) – Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration descended from the streets of small and small on the United States on Saturday, describing what they consider threats to the democratic ideals of the nation.
Disappear events went from a walk to Midtown Manhattan and a rally in front of the White House to a demonstration during a commemoration of the Massachusetts of “The Shot Heard ‘Round The World” on April 19, 1775, marking the start of the revolutionary war 250 years ago.
Thomas Bassford was among the demonstrators during the reconstruction of Lexington and Concord Boston’s battles. The Maine’s 80 -year -old retirement mason said he thought the Americans were attacked by their own government and had to defend themselves.
A public member holds a panel by reading “We did it before” while the reconstituters mingle on the day of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the American Revolution, at the Battle Green of Lexington in Lexington, Massachusetts, April 19, 2025. Photo of Brian Snyder / Reuters
“This is a very perilous period in America for freedom,” said Bassford, who was with his partner, his daughter and his two grandsons. “I wanted boys to discover the origins of this country and sometimes we have to fight for freedom.”
In Denver, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Colorado State Capitol, banners expressing solidarity with immigrants and saying to the Trump administration: “The workforce!” People have agitated flags for us, some of them have stood upside down to report distress.
A demonstrator wears a panel representing President Donald Trump like the Golden Retriever of Elon Musk in the Oval Office, during a protest against Trump, musk, prices, deportations and a variety of other policies, outside the White House in Washington, DC, April 19, 2025. Photo by Allison Bailey / Reuters
Thousands of people also crossed the city center of Portland, Oregon, while in San Francisco, hundreds stated the words “Impeach & Retirts” on a sandy beach along the Pacific Ocean, also with an inverted American flag. People crossed the city center of Anchorage, in Alaska, with handmade signs listing the reasons why they demonstrate, including the one who read: “No sign is big enough to list all the reasons that I am here!”
The demonstrators protest against the policies of President Donald Trump and the role of the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, in Palo Alto, California, April 19, 2025. Photo by Andrej Sokolow / Picture Alliance via Getty Images
Elsewhere, demonstrations have been planned outside the Tesla car dealerships against billionaire adviser Trump Elon Musk and his role in the reduction of the federal government. Others organized more events focused on community services such as food drives, lessons and volunteering in local shelters.
The demonstrations occur only two weeks after similar national demonstrations.
People protest against the administration of President Donald Trump in front of the Capitol State building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, April 19, 2025. Photo by Christopher Mark Juhn / Anadolu via Getty Images
The organizers say that they oppose what they call Trump’s civil rights violations and constitutional violations, including efforts to expel dozens of immigrants and to extend the federal government in dismissing thousands of civil servants and effectively closing entire agencies.
Certain events were based on the spirit of revolutionary war, calling for “no kings” and resistance to tyranny.
People come together to protest against the administration of President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, April 19, 2025. Photo by Hasan Akbas / Anadolu via Getty Images
In Anchorage, a colonial reconstruction of colonial garb held a “No Kings” sign while the person next to him hoisted in a cardboard that was partly read: “The feudal age is finished.”
George Bryant, a resident of Boston, who was part of the Concordian demonstration, said that he feared that the president would create a “police state”. He was holding a sign saying: “Trump’s fascist diet must go now!”
“He challenges the courts. He takes away students. He bans checks and counterweights,” said Bryant. “It’s fascism.”
In Washington, Bob Faspek, a 76 -year -old federal retired employee from Springfield, Virginia, said he was released at the rally near the White House by concern about the threats of regular procedure, Social Security and other federal security programs.
A woman who identifies herself only as “of the aamerica” protests silently outside the White House during a demonstration against President Donald Trump, prices, deportations, a variety of other policies, and Elon Musk, in one of the many demonstrations that took place at the national level, in Washington, DC, on April 19, 2025.
The Trump administration, among others, has evolved to the obturation of offices in the field of social security administration, has reduced the financing of government health programs and has put protections against transgender persons.
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“I cannot sit down yet knowing that if I do nothing and everyone does nothing to change this, that the world we leave collectively for small children, for our neighbors is simply not the one I would like to live,” said Fasust.
In Columbia, in South Carolina, several hundred people protested against the status holding sign with slogans such as “Fight Fiercely, Harvard, Fight”.
Thousands of demonstrators gather in Chicago, Illinois, while hundreds of demonstrations and community events against the Trump administration took place through the United States on April 19, 2025. Photo by Jacek Boczarski / Anadolu via Getty Images
And in Manhattan, the demonstrators rallied against the continuous deportations of immigrants while they were walking from the New York public library to the north towards Central Park and passing from the Trump Tower.
“No fear, no hatred, no ice in our state,” they sang a constant drum, referring to American immigration and the application of customs.
The demonstrators gather and walk for the rights of immigrants, mass deportations and the liberation of Abrego Garcia from El Salvador prison, in Los Angeles, California, April 19, 2025. Photo by Jon Putman / Anadolu via Getty Images
Marshall Green said he was the most concerned that Trump invoked the War Enemies Act in the 1798 war by stating that the country was at war with Venezuelan gangs linked to the South American government, even if a recent assessment of American intelligence has found no coordination between them.
“The congress should intensify and say no, we are not at war. You cannot use this,” said the 61 -year -old man of Morristown, New Jersey. “You cannot expel people without regular procedure, and everyone in this country has the right of regular procedure whatever happens.”
Meanwhile, Melinda Charles, of Connecticut, said that she was worried about “Executive Overreach”, citing clashes with the federal courts, Harvard University and other elite colleges.
“We are supposed to have three equal branches of government,” she said, “and that the executive branch becomes so strong, I mean that it is simply incredible.”
The writers of the Associated Press Claire Rush in Oregon, Joseph Frederick in New York, Rodrique Ngowi in Massachusetts, Nathan Ellgren in Washington and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed.