Many residents of Westchester and Fairfield were among the millions of people taking part in the March 28 “No Kings” demonstrations. The demonstrations were designed to show displeasure with President Donald Trump’s policies, the higher costs of living since Trump took office, the activities of ICE agents including the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, and Trump’s war against Iran among other issues of the day.
Among the “No Kings” rallies in Westchester were those at: Bloomingdale Road in White Plains in front of the Bloomingdale’s department store and the Waterstone senior living complex; at St. Paul’s Church in Mount Vernon; at Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck, at Hudson Fulton Memorial Park in Hastings-on-Hudson and Veterans Memorial Park in Yonkers; at Town Hall in Greenburgh; at Pierson Park in Tarrytown; and at Village Hall in Mount Kisco. In Connecticut, demonstrations included those at the Board of Education headquarters in Greenwich; and in Stamford and Norwalk, and at the Ash Creek Bridge in Fairfield.
According to Public Citizen, at least 8 million people took part in some 3,300 “No Kings” rallies Saturday, spanning every continent on Earth. Public Citizen Co-President Robert Weissman addressed the crowd of over 200,000 people at the flagship “No Kings” rally in St. Paul, Minnesota. Texas, Florida and Ohio each had more than 100 events scheduled for Saturday. The flagship rally at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul had at least 100,000 attending with featured performances by singers Joan Baez and Bruce Springstein as well as an appearance by Jane Fonda and Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
It was the largest single day of protest in American history.
More than 3,100 rallies has been planned for March 28 in the U.S., with others taking place in major cities overseas. Two-thirds of the people who had registered for one of the events live outside of major urban centers, up nearly 40% compared with the first “No Kings” event in June 2025. The No Kings Coalition that was a central organizer of the events sponsored by a variety of groups said almost half of the demonstrations were in either a Republican state or a state that is in play.
In all, there were about 30 events scheduled for the Hudson Valley, ranging from Nyack, Beacon, Newburgh and Poughkeepsie to Middletown in Orange County. At the state capital in Hartford, a large gathering took place that featured speeches by Gov. Ned Lamont, Attorney General William Tong and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. There were also rallies and a march in New Haven on the green not too far from Yale University that drew hundreds of people.
