Women's March is massive from coast to coast—may be largest protest in US history

Mark Sumner

Daily Kos Staff

Saturday January 21, 2017 · 3:54 PM PST

2017/01/21 · 15:54

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Protesters march down Pennsylvania avenue during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The march is expected to draw thousands from across the country to protest newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

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There have been large protest events in the past, such as a 1982 anti nuclear protest in Central Park that drew a crowd of a million. There have also been protests spread across multiple cities, for example, protests over the War in Iraq that put 10 million people on the streets of cities around the world on a weekend in 2003.

The Women’s March has surpassed many famous events of the past, taking it’s place as one of the greatest protests in history. While media predictions may have seemed generous at the time …

On January 21, approximately 200,000 people will convene in Washington, DC to stand up for gender equality after Donald Trump's inauguration.

The actual event has turned out to be many times larger. The crowd in Washington, DC exceeded 500,000 by 9 AM, and the crowd in other cities may actually be larger.

BREAKING: 750,000 people attending Women's Rally downtown LA. Organizers expected 80,000. @nbcla pic.twitter.com/RoAY5TKyHV
— Marin Austin (@MarinNBCLA) January 21, 2017

The total number of people on the march in the US alone, may exceed 3 million, with many more marching around the world.

Rallies in many cities have spilled out of designated areas, and any “marching” has sometimes become symbolic as protesters completely filled the entire route of the march. In LA, the moster crowd swallowed block after block.

Some crowd sizes

15,000 March in Cleveland

60,000 in Minneapolis / St. Paul

22,000 in the March on Houston

100,000 in Denver (police estimate)

60,000 in Atlanta (police estimate)

40,000 in Austin (police estimate)

13,000 in St. Louis (police estimate)

70-100,000 in Portland, Oregon (estimates from police and organizers)

5-10,000 Augusta, Maine: (estimates from police and organizers)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 21: Marchers fill Hill Street during the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Downtown Los Angeles for the Women's March in protest after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Women's Marches are being held in cities around the world. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) — Hill Street in LA

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Protesters flood Independence Avenue during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) — Independence Ave in Washington, DC

Today's #WomensMarch was the largest inaugural protest in U.S. history. pic.twitter.com/vGpXwJXGP9
— B. Alysse Mercado (@B_Alysse) January 21, 2017

#Kerracters
Another part of @kerrywashington's speech at the #WomensMarch in Los Angeles. #WeThePeople pic.twitter.com/dxq61UTFtF
— Kerracters (@Kerracters) January 21, 2017

The biggest inaugural protest in history! I am so proud. I really wish I could be there! #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/G80IiFlE4c
— RT or LIKE (@RTorFAV_1) January 21, 2017

You know something's up when there's even a #WomensMarch in Lubbock TX, the 2nd most conservative city in the US. During a dust storm. pic.twitter.com/pgq1zluN8Z
— Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) January 21, 2017

So many beautiful Muslim sisters at the #WomensMarch on Washington Ã¢ÂÂ¤Ã¯Â¸ÂÃ¢ÂÂ¤Ã¯Â¸Â pic.twitter.com/Y2LlGfDjwx
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) January 21, 2017

Representing all the women, salute, salute #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/RULM4jRQad
— Little Mix Promo (@BrasilLM) January 21, 2017

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH Ã°ÂÂÂÃ°ÂÂÂ #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/eVI669saaj
— Common White Girl (@girlposts) January 21, 2017

Here's the scene at the Women's March in Bethel. Check out more Alaska march photos here: https://t.co/XNROPvw7qq pic.twitter.com/ESjyqwCgOc
— Alaska Dispatch News (@adndotcom) January 21, 2017

Bethel, Alaska, where the high today was -21 degrees.

Women's March is massive from coast to coast—may be largest protest in US history

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