Last Saturday's "No Kings" rally on the grounds of the Bulloch County Courthouse drew hundreds of people — by some estimates as many as 500 — who sang and chanted and gave brief informal speeches and held signs.

They did it to protest policies and actions of President Donald Trump's current administration.

It was one of at least 36 such rallies across Georgia, and by the count given at www.nokings.org, "more than 2,700 events in all 50 states, DC, and cities worldwide."

The Oct. 18 rally was actually the sixth similar protest on Courthouse Square in the middle of Statesboro this year, but it was only the second called a "No Kings" event. The previous "No Kings" was held June 14, Flag Day, when it coincided with the U.S. Army's 250th birthday parade in Washington, D.C., attended by the p

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