Los Alamos Residents Rally at Ashley Pond Park for No Kings Day

Several hundred residents filled Ashley Pond Park on Saturday afternoon as Los Alamos held its installment of No Kings 3.0, a coordination of protests that took place on March 28, 2026, part of a series of demonstrations in the United States in protest of the policies of the second Trump administration. Nationally, over 3,300 rallies filled streets in all 50 states, a record number.

Los Alamos Indivisible organized the local action, gathering residents for a third No Kings Day of Peaceful Action, described as "a day dedicated to nonviolent protest, unity, and community solidarity." The local gathering ran from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in downtown Los Alamos at Ashley Pond Park, featuring local speakers and live music.

The speaker roster was anything but routine. Abel Sayre, a Los Alamos High School student, addressed the crowd on Iran and the Middle East, a pointed choice of subject matter for a teenager standing steps from a park ringed by institutions that helped build the American nuclear arsenal. State Rep. Christine Chandler spoke about the New Mexico Legislature's efforts to protect immigrants. Lena Salazar, Interim Policy Director for the ACLU of New Mexico, addressed how legal resistance is protecting New Mexicans. Rumi Sauñe, a Navy veteran, offered a veteran's perspective on America today, one of many former service members who turned up at No Kings events across the country on Saturday.

Participants were encouraged to wear yellow, a global symbol of peaceful resistance. Organizers also emphasized a strict commitment to nonviolent principles, asking attendees to avoid weapons or any escalatory behavior, consistent with the broader No Kings movement's guidelines.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters attended No Kings Day rallies against the Trump administration, with over 3,000 demonstrations taking place across the country, marking the third No Kings protest since President Trump took office. Organizers framed the movement as a response to concerns about authoritarian overreach, government corruption, and policies impacting immigrant families.

In Los Alamos, a county of roughly 20,000 people whose civic life orbits around a federal national-security laboratory, the scale of Saturday's turnout at Ashley Pond carried particular weight. The same park where families picnic beside a historic Manhattan Project-era research pond became, for 90 minutes, a platform for public dissent voiced by a high schooler, an elected representative, an ACLU attorney, and a Navy veteran standing together under the New Mexico sun.