Last Saturday saw an explosion of peaceful protests nationwide. Millions turned out for the “No Kings” protests, including several thousand who lined the Sagadahoc Bridge in Bath.
Around 3,000 protesters stretched along the length of the bridge, which carries US Route 1 over the Kennebec River. The massive protest occurred at the same time as President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating the Army’s 250th birthday.
The protest started after noon and stretched past the planned 2 p.m. ending time.
“Despite having slashed federal jobs and slashing health care, food access and retirement funding, the President is planning to spend millions on a wildly extravagant parade,” Geoffrey Johnston of Brunswick Area Indivisible said. “Ostensibly, this spectacle is for the Army’s 250th birthday and [Trump’s] own 79th.”
“We hoped to span the bridge, but we initially didn’t think we were going to get it,” said Indivisible Sagadahoc co-lead organizer Jessica Mehnke said.
Around 30 organizations participated in the rally, which was headed by Indivisible Sagadahoc of Bath and Woolwich and Brunswick Area Indivisible of Topsham, Brunswick and the surrounding areas.
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