Tens of thousands of people are expected to march down Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Saturday as part of the third wave of “No Kings” protests. But just past the Philadelphia city limits, many suburbanites are likewise mobilizing.
About 20 events are scheduled across Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties this weekend, per the No Kings map. They include train station pep rallies, courthouse demonstrations and marches through the street — all aimed at resisting the “authoritarian power grabs” of the Trump administration.
But that’s just the overarching goal of the national movement, which began on the president’s birthday last June and returned in October. In suburban communities like Ardmore, organizers are hoping to build stronger connections with their neighbors…