A crowd gathers on the lawn of the Clallam County Courthouse on Saturday for one of two “No Kings” rallies in Port Angeles protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. Several hundred people attended the courthouse demonstration with about a thousand at a concurrent rally at the intersection of First and Front streets on the east side of the city. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A crowd gathers on the lawn of the Clallam County Courthouse on Saturday for one of two “No Kings” rallies in Port Angeles protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. Several hundred people attended the courthouse demonstration with about a thousand at a concurrent rally at the intersection of First and Front streets on the east side of the city. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

‘No Kings’

A crowd gathers on the lawn of the Clallam County Courthouse on Saturday for one of two “No Kings” rallies in Port Angeles protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration.

Several hundred people attended the courthouse demonstration with about a thousand at a concurrent rally at the intersection of First and Front streets on the east side of the city.

Demonstrators line the intersection of Front and First streets at Golf Course Road on Saturday, one of two “No Kings” rallies in Port Angeles that drew more than 1,000 people protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Demonstrators line the intersection of Front and First streets at Golf Course Road on Saturday, one of two “No Kings” rallies in Port Angeles that drew more than 1,000 people protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Stephen White of Port Angeles displays his inflatable T-Rex costume during Saturday’s “No Kings” rally at the junction of First and Front streets in Port Angeles. More than 1,000 attended the rally, one of two that day in Port Angeles protesting President Donald Trump and his administration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Stephen White of Port Angeles displays his inflatable T-Rex costume during Saturday’s “No Kings” rally at the junction of First and Front streets in Port Angeles. More than 1,000 attended the rally, one of two that day in Port Angeles protesting President Donald Trump and his administration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Mike Cornforth, left, and wife Linda Martin hand out No Kings crowns to participants in the No Kings Rally, protest and march that started in Kai Tai Lagoon park on Saturday afternoon. It was estimated that close to 3,000 protestors took part in the rally to call attention to the distrust and hatred of the political party in Washington, DC. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Mike Cornforth, left, and wife Linda Martin hand out No Kings crowns to participants in the No Kings Rally, protest and march that started in Kai Tai Lagoon park on Saturday afternoon. It was estimated that close to 3,000 protestors took part in the rally to call attention to the distrust and hatred of the political party in Washington, DC. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Protestors milling about at Kai Tai Lagoon on Saturday in anticipation of a march along Sims Way and Water Street to downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Protestors milling about at Kai Tai Lagoon on Saturday in anticipation of a march along Sims Way and Water Street to downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

No Kings Rally goers march along Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

No Kings Rally goers march along Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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