HOULTON, Maine — Spanning from the former Walgreens in Houlton to Dominos, protesters of all ages on Saturday protested the Trump administration as part of the nationwide No Kings day.
The Houlton event, with more than double the number of protesters at the first No Kings rally in June, is one of at least 37 that were planned across Maine. Joining the projected 2,600 events spanning the U.S., including such remote locations as Kodiak, Alaska, many in Houlton said they are fighting authoritarianism together.
“I think America needs to re-learn what it means to be together right now. We are not,” said Gene Barnes of Houlton. “Right now there is so much division and it’s so divisive.”
By midday Saturday, No Kings organizers said that millions of Americans had already joined peaceful demonst