More than 1,500 events are planned throughout the U.S. to send a loud message to President Donald Trump: “In America, we don’t do kings.”

Protesters held signs that read, “No kings since 1776,” “Bad Things Happen When Good People Do Nothing,” “Stop the Parade Fund Medicaid,” “When cruelty becomes normal compassion looks radical” and “Make Orwell Fiction Again.”

By 1:30 p.m., the peaceful "No Kings" protest against President Trump in downtown Akron had expanded to line both sides of Market Street.

No Kings protests were held Saturday in nearly 2,000 places across the U.S. The protests were planned on the same day as the military parade in D.C.

Follow live updates as the military parade in Washington, D.C., kicks off on Trump's birthday. 'No Kings' protests by opponents are planned across the country today.

Organizers of the "No Kings" demonstrations and local officials urged demonstrators to stay home from planned protests in Minnesota on Saturday after a lawmaker and her husband were fatally shot and another lawmaker and his wife were injured at their homes. Gov. Tim Walz called the incident a “politically motivated assassination.”

Democratic leaders are sensing political danger.Protests against the Trump administration, which are set to continue this weekend after a week of uprising that spread from Los Angeles across the country,

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The goal is to pull attention from a military parade in Washington, D.C., and instead bring attention to the joy of using Americans' right to protest,