PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Eight cities in South Dakota and hundreds of others across the United States on Saturday will mark Flag Day with protests.
The ‘No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance’ events are coordinated by the group Indivisible.
“We are here to flip the narrative,” organizer Dani Negrete said in a nationwide teleconference hosted by Indivisible on Thursday. “We want to reach out and activate the unactivated.”
What to know about SF protests set for this weekend
Other speakers included Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Rocio Saenz, secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union.
The protests come on the same day as the U.S. military parade in Washington, D.C., that coincides with the 79th birthday of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump.
According to the No Kings website, anti-Trump protests are planned in these South Dakota cities on Saturday:
Chamberlain, 10 a.m. CT, 100 King St. / Main St.
Yankton, 10:30 a.m. CT, 2000 Douglas Ave.
Sioux Falls, 11 a.m. CT, 300 N. Minnesota Ave.
Watertown, 11 a.m. CT, 211 E. Kemp Ave.
Spearfish, 11 a.m. MT, N. Main St. / W. Jackson St.
Pierre, 12:30 p.m. CT, 500 E. Capitol Ave.
Brookings, 1 p.m. CT, Sixth St. / 17th Ave.
Rapid City, noon MT, 300 Sixth St.
A second anti-Trump group, 50501, also plans a Rapid City protest on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. MT at 1510 W. Omaha St.