Thousands of people lined both sides of Sequim’s West Washington Street Saturday stretching all the way from the River Road roundabout east to almost the roundabout at S. 9th Street to participate in the country’s third No Kings Day rally. They came to protest the Trump administration’s policies on Iran, immigration and more.  Organized by the Sequim chapter of Indivisible, Sequim Police Chief Mike Hill says Indivisible organizers reported to him more than 4,300 people turned out for the peaceful, noisy rally, surpassing the previous No Kings rally in Sequim October 18 by an estimated thousand participants, making it the largest protest rally in recent years, perhaps even in Sequim history.

Wearing a variety of costumes including inflatable animals, and all sorts of placards and signs ranging from things like “Ice is the new Gestapo”, “Hate Will Not Make Us Great”, and

A man named Bill said he came to express his support for democracy.

“I’m having a ball out here expressing my first amendment rights. My stance is express my views. As you know, we have a government that’s just out of control and I want to preserve our democracy. 

About two dozen women – the Peninsula Handmaids – dressed as figures from the television series Handmaids Tale – paraded silently each holding signs saying thing’s like “Women’s rights equal Human Rights”, “1,000 Confirmed Epstein  Victims” and “Hell Hath No Fury like 157 million Women Scorned.”

The co-founder of the No Kings organization Leah Greenberg said on a March 21st  “Saturday Coffee Klatch” conversation with former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich the rallies are not intended to be partisan, they’re intended to as broad coalition of whoever is willing to be together with each other.

 “We are trying to normalize that it is something that everybody does together. It’s not a subculture that is just for activists.  It’s actually engaging a wide spread of people who may have not been involved politically or being actively politically involved.”

According to organizers, approximately eight million people nationwide participated in more than 3,300 "No Kings" protests. The rallies have been  characterized by organizers as potentially the largest single-day protest in US history, according to the Guardian newspaper.

A large No Kings rally was held in Port Angeles along Lincoln Street at the county courthouse.  No information has been published about how many were there.  However, noted entertainer and comedian Paula Poundstone was among them. She was in Port Angeles for a performance Saturday night at Field Hall Events Center.

Indivisible Sequim organizers say they continue to host peaceful rallies at 3 p.m. Fridays at the intersection of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue.