No Kings started as one protest on June 14, 2025. The parade, meant to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary and Donald Trump’s birthday, was protested by four-to-six million people around the U.S.

Months later in October, more protests were held, this time with seven million people showing up between all 50 states.

On Saturday, March 28, protests were held in all 50 states and other countries like Mexico, France and Spain.

In New Jersey alone, there were around 70 No Kings Protests. Major protests happened in Morristown, Trenton and Camden. There were also No Kings protests in Central Jersey.

The Phillipsburg No Kings protest started at 10 a.m. and ended at 11 a.m. It was estimated by event organizers that 210 people showed up to protest.

The protest spanned almost a quarter of a mile on both sides of Memorial Parkway.

“You are not the only one who feels the way you do,” William Angus, a Phillipsburg No Kings organizer, said. “You are not alone, there are lots of people who are just as mad, as angry. If you’re a blue dot in a red state, there are a lot more blue dots than you know. One of the goals of this is to let everyone know on both sides that there’s a lot of us, and we’re not backing down.”

The sound of horns honking, music blasting on speakers and people chatting filled the air.

Attendees had a variety of reasons to show up to protest.

“My great-grandparents were enslaved people,” Monica Scott, Phillipsburg No Kings organizer, said. “I’m not talking great-great, I’m saying I was two generations from slavery. I have great-uncles and aunts who were born into slavery, and it is because people stayed silent for so long. We can not stay silent, we can not let this be a passing moment where, once again, we stand up for immigrant rights but we don’t stand up for all rights and make sure they are done, complete and over with. I don’t want my granddaughter to be here, and have to deal with the racism, the sexism, the nationalism. We’ve got to get it done and corrected today.”

When the protest was over, most participants drove to another protest in Hackettsown to continue protesting.

The Frenchtown No Kings protest started at 3 p.m. and ended at 4:30 p.m.

Before the protest, people gathered in Sunbeam Lenape Park near the Frenchtown bridge while speakers sang and read words from local immigrant children.

Most of the pre-protest gathering was preachers or people praying over protesters and the land they were protesting on.

The actual protest lasted about 40 minutes. Both sides of Bridge Street were lined with people shoulder to shoulder with signs.

It was very loud, as participants were playing drums and cars were constantly honking in either rage or celebration.

It seemed that many people wanted to join in on supporting the No Kings movement because as the protest went on, people walking through Frenchtown joined in.

“Democracy is precious, it’s not perfect; it’s an experiment,” Holly Low, a Frenchtown No Kings Organizer, said. “It’s very much still underway, and we have to stand up and fight for it because every freedom, every right, every protection, that we have in this country were won because they were fought for by the people. People were rising up and saying this is the America we want to have. All these fights come from the people, they are not handed to us from higher powers.”