Photos: Ted Pease.

ED. NOTE: The Outpost’s Trinidad Bureau Chief, Ted Pease, sent us the following report from Saturday’s northernmost “No Kings” protest on Sunday morning, nearly a full 24 hours after the event took place.

He is fired. But you may as well enjoy his photos from the event.

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Press release from Indivisible Trinidad:

A crowd of protesters estimated at 350 to 400 took to the streets of tiny Trinidad Saturday for the little seaside village’s contributions to worldwide No Kings 3 demonstrations against Trump administration policies.

The crowd for Indivisible Trinidad’s demonstration was “bigger than the town,” resident Karen Snell observed, holding a sign in front of her mother’s Main Street home. Barbara Snell, 95, started the pro-democracy protests more than a year ago with signs and upside-down American flags on her front porch.

Trinidad, one of the geographically smallest incorporated cities in California, has an official population of 313.

“You just have to do it,” Barbara told her neighbors when Indivisible Trinidad, part of a nationwide protest network against the Trump White House, formed last fall. Since then, the group has more than 100 members and has now holds rallies in front of Barbara’s house every Saturday at noon.

But none like Saturday’s event, which featured hundreds of signs, chants, a 0.5-mile march around Trinidad, an estimated 28 dogs, a frog, Taiko drummers and Bigfoot wearing an American flag cape. Passing motorists honked and waved. The atmosphere was festive, but the underlying theme was deadly serious. “Hey hey! Ho ho!! Donald Trump has got to go!” marchers chanted as they passed the scenic overlook above Trinidad Bay.

“Protect Our Constitution!” read one sign. Dozens of others included peace signs and, “Stop the Insanity!” “Resist the Police State!” “Dump Trump! Defend Democracy!” “No Fascism!” “No Kings! Can We put smart people back in charge now?”

Other signs: “US Out of Iran!” “No Faux-King Way!” “Where the HELL Is Congress?” “Ashamed of the USA.” “Veto the Cheeto!” “Bridge Players Say: ‘No Trump!’” “No Pedophile Kings!” and many others.

“This is amazing,” said District 5 supervisor candidate Mary Burke of McKinleyville.

Organizers were surprised and ecstatic at the turnout. “This is really wonderful,” said Indivisible Trinidad leader Tina Freeland. “For this many people to come to Trinidad today really should send a message all the way to Washington that we want our country back,” she said.

Nationwide, millions of American turned out Saturday at a reported 3,300 No Kings rallies in all 50 states, sending a strong message to the White House.

“That sign is right,” Freeland said, pointing to a woman wearing a t-shirt reading “Resist. Persist. Insist.” Her sign said, “The POWER of the PEOPLE is greater than the People in Power!”

Several people stopped to thank Barbara Snell, holding an inverted U.S. flag to indicate a nation in distress. “You started all this,” on woman told her.

“It’s really wonderful,” Snell said.

For information about Indivisible Trinidad, go to this link.