At one of the day's first No Kings demonstrations in Utah, lifelong Salt Lake City resident Francie Barber, 74, said she is saddened by the direction the country is going in under President Donald Trump’s leadership.

Americans planned demonstrations against President Donald Trump across the U.S. on Saturday as a counterpoint to the 200,000 people expected to attend the military parade in Washington.

The Houston demonstration is one of several planned in the region throughout the day and is expected to draw thousands of protesters.

Protestors numbering in the thousands have begun their march at Scissortail Park, heading to City Hall. The lines of people are stretching across several blocks. The Oklahoma City "No Kings" protest march begins at 9 a.m. at the corner of Oklahoma City Boulevard and Hudson Avenue.

Thousands gathered Saturday in cities around Central Florida and the state as part of what’s being called a “nationwide day of defiance” against the man in the Oval Office they say acts like

While President Donald Trump attended a military parade he ordered on his birthday to recognize the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C., thousands of people in the Kansas City metro area flexed their First Amendment right Saturday to voice their opposition to polices of the Trump administration during the “No Kings” national day of defiance.

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

Crowds of demonstrators gathered around the country on Saturday, protesting what they called President Trump’s overreach.