Demonstrators gather in Old Courthouse Museum Square park in downtown Lakeport, California, as part of the “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Photo by Elizabeth Larson/Lake County News.

LAKEPORT, Calif. — A group of peaceful but persistent protesters gathered in downtown Lakeport on Saturday to demonstrate against attacks on democracy.

The Saturday demonstration, parts of the “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance,” took place from noon to 2 p.m. It was centered at the Old Courthouse Museum Square park.

People of all ages — from small children up to people in their 90s — filled the park and also lined the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street, with participants also extending further down Main Street. They came with an array of signs with messages criticizing the Trump administration and its policies.

This is the fourth major demonstration that’s been held in downtown Lakeport since the start of the year.

A previous event, a “Hands Off” protest held April 5 at the same location as part of a previous nationwide effort, was estimated to have had about 650 participants, double the size of the demonstration that had come before it.

This time, reports from the scene and attendees estimated that the number of participants was close to 1,200 people. At that size, the demonstration is among the largest recorded in Lake County in recent decades.

The newly formed nonpartisan Indivisible Lake County supported the event, organized by the Lake County Democratic Club.

Early on Saturday afternoon, a group of Trump supporters in vehicles sporting pro-Trump and State of Jefferson flags, drove through downtown Kelseyville before traveling to Lakeport, passing the downtown demonstration.

Lakeport’s protest event was among an estimated 2,000 across all 50 states, coinciding with a military parade in Washington, DC as part of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

Firm attendance numbers at the demonstrations have so far not been given, but estimates have ranged from five million to 11 million participants.

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