What to Know
- Protesters marched and rallied in D.C. Saturday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
- Organizers prepared for up to 50,000 participants, according to a permit filed with the National Park Service.
- Today is the first of several busy days on downtown streets. D.C.’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Peace Walk & Parade is also took place in Southeast.
Eight years after the Women’s March drew thousands of protesters to D.C. ahead of President Donald Trump’s first inauguration, the same planners brought crowds together again Saturday for the People’s March.
Several grassroots groups descended on the District for a march and rally amid cold weather.
Organizers say the march and rally are part of a long-term resistance strategy to proposed policies of the incoming Trump Administration.
