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Free America Weekend | ||
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Date | July 4, 2025 | |
Location | Various locations in the United States | |
Methods | Protest | |
Status | Finished | |
Parties | ||
Free America Weekend (also known as "No Kings Protest 2.0") was a protest organized for the weekend of Independence Day (July 4) in the United States in 2025. [3] Organized by the Women's March, activities were planned in approximately 300 cities. [4] [5]
The 50501 movement and the Indivisible movement also participated in the initiative, [2] [1] however, the Indivisible movement coined the event as "No Kings 2.0", [1] as a reference to the "No Kings Protest". [6] [7]
Participants were encouraged to host barbecues, dances, marches, rallies, and street parades, as well as other activities such as art projects. [8]
In Illinois, events were planned in Bloomington, [9] Chicago, Des Plaines, Galena, Glenview, Peoria, Quincy, and Springfield. [10] [11] [12] [13] Protesters also gathered in Freeport, Stephenson County. [14]
In Indiana, events were planned in Indianapolis [10] [15] and Warsaw. [16] People gathered at Garfield Park in downtown Indianapolis. [17]
In Michigan, events were planned in Muskegon [18] and Riverview. [10] [19]
In Ohio, an event was planned in Columbus. [10] [20] Protesters gathered at the Ohio Statehouse. [21]
In Wisconsin, events were planned in Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, Neenah, Oshkosh. [10] [22]
In Iowa, an event was planned in Cedar Rapids. [10] [23]
In Minnesota, an event was planned in St. Cloud. [10] [24]
Eight events were planned in Missouri. [25] Approximately 300 people gathered in Saint Joseph. [10] [26]
In South Dakota, an event was held in Sioux Falls. [27]
In New Jersey, events were planned in Trenton, Pine Hill, [28] and Princeton. [10] [29] [30] Demonstrations were also planned in Galloway and West Caldwell. [31]
In New York, events were planned in Brewster, [32] Mamaroneck, [10] [33] and New Paltz. [34] Approximately 200 people gathered outside Batavia's City Hall. [35] [36] Approximately 125 people attended the Brewster demonstration. [37]
In Pennsylvania, events were planned in King of Prussia, Lancaster, [10] Springfield, [28] and Wilkes-Barre. [38] Protesters gathered at an overpass in Centre County. [39]
In Connecticut, events were planned in Fairfield, Groton, Hartford, Milford, and West Hartford. [10] [40] [41] Approximately 100 people gathered in Hamden. [42]
In Maine, events were planned in Freeport and Portland. [41]
In Massachusetts, events were planned in Swansea, Topsfield and Salem. [43] [44] [45] Activities were also planned in Braintree and Worcester. [41] [35] Approximately 400 people attended the Worcester demonstration. [46]
In New Hampshire, events were planned in Suncook and Portsmouth. [10] [47] [48]
In Rhode Island, a protest was planned in Providence. [41]
In Alabama, events were planned in Foley, [50] [51] Gadsden, [52] Montgomery, Mobile, Birmingham and Center Point. [4] [53] [10] [4]
In Tennessee, events were planned in Fayetteville, [54] Memphis, [35] and Tullahoma. [55]
In Florida, events were planned in Miami, Zephyrhills, Orlando and Plant City. [10] [56] [57] [58] [59] Additionally, protests were planned in Clearwater, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Trinity. [60] Approximately 200 people gathered in downtown Miami. [61]
Georgia saw a protest in Atlanta. [62]
In Maryland, an event was planned in North East. [10] [63]
In North Carolina, events were planned in Greensboro [64] [65] and Morrisville. [10] [66]
In South Carolina, events were planned in Charleston [35] and Myrtle Beach. [10] [67] Approxiately 100 people gathered in North Charleston. [68]
In Arkansas, events were planned in Little Rock and Mena. [10] [70]
In Louisiana, an event was planned in Lafayette. [10] [71]
In Oklahoma, an event was planned in Tulsa. [72] [73]
In Texas, events were planned in Austin, [74] Houston, Kerville, and San Antonio. [10] [75] [76] Approximately 150 people participated in Dallas. [77]
In Colorado, events were planned in Arvada, [10] [78] Fort Collins, and Lamar. [79]
In Montana, an event was planned in Forsyth. [10] [80]
In New Mexico, an event was planned in Alamogordo. [10] [81]
In Utah, an event was planned in Salt Lake City. [82] Protesters gathered at the Utah State Capitol. [83]
In Alaska, an event was planned in Soldotna. [10]
In California, events were planned in Los Angeles, Marysville, Chula Vista, San Mateo and West Hollywood. [10] [84] [85] [86] [87] The Los Angeles event started at City Hall. [88] Hundreds to thousands of people participated. [89] [90] Between 300 and 400 people participated in the Claremont protest. [91]
In Oregon, there were demonstrations in Portland. [10] [92] [93] Approximately 500 people attended a demonstration in Eugene, which was organized by Indivisible and called "No Kings Since 1776". [94] [95] [96]
In Washington, events were planned in Seattle and Port Townsend. [10] [97] [98] In Seattle, Capitol Hill Pride hosted a "Free America 4th of July March & Rally" at Seattle Central College. [99]
In Canada, Vancouver Against Fascism organized a protest in Vancouver under the name of "Rally for Democracy", adjacent to the protests in the US. [100] In Germany, Democrats Abroad organized a protest in Berlin, which plans to march from Pariser Platz to Bebelplatz. [101] In Japan, Democrats Abroad organized a protest, locally named "Not America's last Birthday", in Minato, Tokyo, scheduling a meeting in the Daiba Station, Exit 2A. [102]