Local organizers have scheduled a “No King’s Day in Glenside” protest on Saturday, June 14 at 10:00am at the corner of Glenside Avenue and Easton Road in Cheltenham Township.
According to a flyer circulating on social media, the protest will include a “quick demonstration and send off” ahead of Philadelphia’s protest. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philly version will take place from 12:00pm to 3:00pm, beginning at LOVE Park and marching to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Organizers say the name is derived from Trump and his administration pushing the limits of executive power and undermining the Constitution.
“In America, we don’t do kings,” organizers say on the event’s website, describing the day as a “response to the increasing authoritarian excess and corruption of the Trump administration.”
From NoKings.org:
On June 14—Flag Day—President Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.
No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like.
We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind.
The flag doesn’t belong to President Trump. It belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it.
On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.
Similar protests will take place across the country on Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and his overlapping military parade in Washington, which will cost an estimated $45 million, according to the Associated Press. The series is being organized and sponsored by a coalition of grassroots advocacy organizations, progressive groups, and nonprofits. Several organizers are taking credit for the No Kings protests, including Indivisible, MoveOn, and the 50501 Movement.
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