Hundreds of people participated in a No King's Day rally in Frontier Park on Saturday.


Men and women lined West 8th Street making their voices heard against the Trump Administration and the President's recent policies.

Paulette Hessinger, one of the Organizers said, "Everyone of us was sitting home, crying and feeling bad. Once you get involved and find other people who feel the way you feel secure, you feel like you are doing the right thing, and you are happy to do it which we are."

The rain didn't stop hundreds of people from voicing their beliefs. Linda Stevenson, the Founder and Director of Athena Erie said, "I'm overwhelmed with the out pour of people and that they care. It tells you that we want change, we want justice."


The rally remained peaceful as attendees protested in a respectful manner. According to Stevenson, "That is the Erie culture, I'm so glad to see our Erie folks stepping up and speaking out and expressing their opinion no matter what it is."


People waved their flags and signs covering both sides of West 8th Street making sure their voices were heard and that included people both for and against the president.

John Wycoff, an attendee said, "I'm a Republican and I voted for Mr. Trump, but I fully believe in everyone's right to protest."


He said it's important people exercise their right of free speech as long as it's done in a lawful manner, "That's what America is all about. There's 320 million of us, something like that, and we all have our rights that we hold dear and it's very important for us to speak how we feel as long as we do it in a legal, peaceful, type manner"