The Houston demonstration is one of several planned in the region throughout the day and is expected to draw thousands of protesters.

That’s part of why George Atkinson, a former high school government teacher, felt compelled to join a protest in downtown Houston on Saturday. The 89-year-old affixed a sign to his walker that read, “The clothes have no emperor! He’s all hat and no cattle!”

A sweeping wave of protest swept across the country this weekend as millions joined the No Kings movement, opposing what organizers call an erosion of democrati