The U.S. Army celebrated its 250th anniversary on Saturday with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., against a backdrop of political division and protests savaging President Trump.

Thousands of demonstrators crowded into streets, parks, and plazas across the US, blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights.

There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. Also, the spray of tear gas against nonviolent marchers in Atlanta, rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast and a confrontation in Los Angles.

U.S. Capitol Police arrested about 60 veterans Friday evening during a protest of the appearance of troops in an Saturday’s Army celebration in Washington and at immigration protests in Los Angeles.

A reporter who works for nonprofit news outlet NOTUS asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt whether President Donald Trump would allow peaceful protests against the Army’s Saturday