By Phil Stewart, Jeff Mason, Brad Brooks and Karl PlumeWASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's long-sought military parade rolled though the streets of downtown Washington on Saturday,

Photos from the “No Kings” protest in Chicago on Saturday as part of an anti-Donald Trump rally on the same day as his military parade in Washington, D.C., for his birthday.

A huge and peaceful crowed turned out for the "No Kings" rally, shutting down much of the Loop as part of a nationwide protest movement to denounce the Trump administration.

The rally at Daley Plaza started at noon with a moment of silence for the shootings in Minnesota before moving into the streets of downtown Chicago.

As the long parade of protesters approached Michigan Avenue and filed past Trump Tower along the Chicago River, thousands lifted their middle fingers to the sky and screamed “F— Trump!” and “Shame! Shame!

The protests were scheduled nationwide to protests many Trump Administration policies, including immigration policies and the president's use of ICE.

Brent Showalter knew his outfit was a little ridiculous. That was the point. Strapped into a homemade military tank costume, built from cardboard, duct tape and hot glue, he joined the crowd gathered in Chicago’s Daley Plaza on Saturday for the city’s “No Kings” protest — one of more than 1,

Five years after the national protests following the death of George Floyd, the Trump administration is wielding the lessons of that summer of unrest to justify a sweeping crackdown on anti-immigration raids and protests now roiling major cities.