Organizers in Spokane have combined a local “No Kings” rally and a long-planned Pride festival. Pia Hallenberg, one of the Pride event organizers, estimates 60,000 people have turned out to the Lilac City’s tree-lined downtown riverfront park so far,

Chantel Szambelan, 29, attends the June 14, 2025 “No Kings” protest in Spokane wearing a flag with the Mother Mary and a sign reading “It wouldn’t be the USA without Mexicans.” This was the first protest she’d participated in this year, but Szambelan previously participated in 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

People inside River Park Square and the AMC theater in downtown Spokane were asked to evacuate after No Kings protesters were detained in the area.

Spokane, Sandpoint, Seattle and Portland were some places in the Pacific Northwest that held No Kings protests over the weekend.

People march toward downtown Bethlehem during a “No Kings” protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Rose Garden in Bethlehem. The rally, one of several in the Lehigh Valley, was part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations coinciding with President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Demonstrations took place across the country as part of the No Kings movement, coinciding with President Trump's military parade celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday.

The estimated 70,000+ peaceful demonstrators had various grievances with the Trump administration, but immigration policy was the prevailing theme.

Thousands of protesters crowded Riverfront Park and lined Spokane Falls Boulevard Saturday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump. The sidewalk along the boulevard was lined in some place 20 or more people deep from the Spokane Convention Center to Spokane City Hall.