YORK, Maine — Large crowds gathered in York on Saturday, June 14, for the "No Kings" day of protest against President Donald Trump and his administration. The local event was part of similar protests in towns and cities across the nation and coincided with Trump's military parade in honor of the Army's 250th anniversary in Washington.

Organizers had said that they hoped the rallies in more than 2,000 cities — dubbed “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” — would be peaceful and free of confrontation. Yet the day was marred by the news of deadly violence overnight in Minneapolis,

Across the country on June 14, millions of people took to the streets for the “No Kings” protests. Organizers with the 50501 Movement rallied people in nearly 2,000 cities against President Trump’s 79th birthday military parade — part of the U.