Columbus' massive Pride celebration takes place June 14. Meanwhile, No Kings rallies are planned across the region, state and nation.

In Muskingum Park, residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley were coming together for a different reason. Lisa Bammerlin, a concerned citizen, said over 200 people came out to be in one of the hundreds of No Kings protests taking place across the United States.

“The most threatening sound to an oligarch is laughter.”

Downtown Cleveland and cities across Northeast Ohio are taking part in nationwide 'No Kings' rallies Saturday, protesting President Donald Trump and a military parade Saturday evening in Washington, D.

Protests took place across Northeast Ohio Saturday, from Cleveland to Akron to Youngstown, opposing U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda and his military parade in Washington D.C.

And police told crowds to disperse at a rally in downtown Los Angeles after authorities said people had thrown "rocks, bricks, bottles," and "fireworks" at officials. Activists in some areas braved wet weather to raise signs and chant slogans supporting the rights of immigrants and criticizing what they see as Trump's power grab.

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.”

A massive show of protest swept through Northeast Ohio on Saturday, as thousands gathered for more than a dozen “No Kings” rallies, part of a nationwide day of defiance against authoritarianism and the policies of President Donald Trump.