“No Kings” in the RI Region: Tomorrow’s Protest Locations
Organizers are counter-programming against president Trump's birthday military parade.
A map of protest locations on the No Kings website.
Saturday, June 14, local communities across the region will participate in the nationwide No Kings protests. Over 1,500 actions have been scheduled across all 50 states to counter President Trump's military parade in Washington, DC, which coincides with his 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the US Military. Organizers argue the DC parade symbolizes authoritarianism—a spectacle of federal military force.
In Berkshire County, protesters will assemble in Great Barrington at 334 Main Street from 12 to 2pm, on the Pittsfield Commons at 2:30pm, at North Adams City Hall from 12 to 1:30pm, the West Stockbridge Congregational Church 2 to 4pm, and in Becket at an as yet undisclosed location from 2 to 3:30pm.
Dutchess County actions are being held in Poughkeepsie at 11am in the ShopRite shopping plaza, with simultaneous gatherings in the center of Rhinebeck at 10:30am. Local activists emphasize that this protest transcends opposition to the DC parade—it speaks directly against authoritarian overtones and the politicization of military power.
In Columbia County, a rally will be taking place from 12 to 1:30pm on Warren Street in Hudson and in Chatham from 2 to 4pm at depot square.
In Connecticut, a No Kings rally is scheduled for 10:30am at the Litchfield Town Green and the Green at Cornwall Bridge 9 to 10:30am. There is also a protest scheduled for the Warren Community Center from 1 to 2:30pm, in Salisbury, on the lawn in front of The White Hart Inn at 11am, and in Kent from 12 to 1pm—location TBD.
At the movement’s core is the 50501 network and organizing groups like Indivisible and Women’s March, which view “No Kings Day” as a nonviolent response to what they consider authoritarian overreach—highlighting recent ICE deportations, National Guard and US Marine deployments, and court defiance. To avoid overshadowing the decentralized protests, there is deliberately no protest planned in Washington DC.
For updated information on local schedules, volunteer info, and safety guidelines, participants can visit NoKings.org.
If you attend the rallies and take photos, please consider sending them to jamie.larson@chronogram.com for inclusion in a future article.
