Boston's Women's March for America: Patch Live-Blog

After a day of protest, Boston will get another, bigger dose of public demonstration Saturday, as women and their supporters descend on the city for the Boston Women's March, estimated at over 100,000 people and believed to be the second-largest women's march, after Washington, D.C.

The group gathers at 11 a.m. on the Boston Common at Beacon and Charles Streets, then will march a one-mile route from the Common to Comm Ave, turning on Clarendon and back to the Common.

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Thousands of protesters also took to the Common Friday, following President Donald Trump's inauguration, one in a series of public actions seen in Boston since his election last November.

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3:12 p.m.

Boston Police estimate 125,000 have attended today's events. Commissioner William Evans is impressed with how things have gone so far.

3:10 p.m.

"A lot of us are here to stand in solidarity with the minorities who are influenced by the rhetoric of the President." - Bochu Ding, 17 (right).

2:57 p.m.

Organizers now estimate well over 100,000 have made their way to the Common today. Many are saying they've never seen a rally this big - or so many people at Boston Common.

2:36 p.m.

City Councilor Ayanna Pressley: "I'm marching because we can't afford to be complacent. This is not a movement. What we do beyond that is the movement. What we do today is realize that our destinies are all tied together."

1:58 p.m.

Per MBTA, "Non-stop bus service will operate from Copley Sq to Riverside Station beginning at about 3pm today to supplement Green Line D branch service."

1:08 p.m.

The view from above as an estimated 100,000-plus marchers make their way toward Comm Ave.

12:55 p.m.

Mariama White-Hammond, from Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain, took the stage, calling on marchers to recognize, "This is just one moment, but it is part of a movement to keep this country moving forward."

Before leaving the Common, marchers repeated an oath to "faithfully execute (their) role as an American and member of (their community)" to preserve, protect and defend the U.S. Constitution.

"If you said that with all of your heart, then we are about to get our march on," she said.

Marshals in orange hats and vests will lead the protesters from the Common. Boston's turnout is estimated at more than 100,000, second only to the national Women's March in Washington, D.C., according to White-Hammond.

12:48 p.m.

Crowds continue to throng toward Boston Common, as the march is about to belatedly get underway.

12:43 p.m.

"I have a message for President Trump from the people of Massachusetts -- we'll see you in court. I'm serious," Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said, referencing Massachusetts' roles in the suit against the Environmental Protection Agency regarding greenhouse gas regulation under the presidency of George W. Bush.

She invoked Eleanor Roosevelt ("she may have been among the nastiest"), saying, "It's better to light a candle than curse against the darkness. I imagine we'll be doing a lot of cursing of the next several months, but let's light that candle, and let's bring the heat."

12:39 p.m.

12:15 p.m.

Kimberly McCaw, 8, of Beverly, told Patch she drew a "Trumpty Dumpty" “because he needs to fall off a wall."

11:57 a.m.

Fellow Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey invokes Martin Luther King, Jr., and calls on the crowd to fight to ensure "Donald Trump is just an asterisk in history."

11:46 a.m.

"We can whimper, we can whine or we can fight back. Me? I'm here to fight back," Elizabeth Warren said. "That's why we're here today. ... We stand shoulder-to-shoulder to be clear that we are here, we will not be silent, we will not play dead, we will fight for what we believe in."

11:42 a.m.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren took the stage wearing a pink scarf, one of the featured speakers.

"Hello women of Massachusetts," she said. "Hello friends of women of Massachusetts."

The sight of Donald Trump being inaugurated as President of the United States "is now burned into my eyes forever." That's good, she said, because we need to remember.

"We will use that vision to make sure we fight harder, we fighter tougher and we fight more passionately than ever," she said.

11:38 a.m.

"We want Washington to hear what's going on on Boston Common today," shouted Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, taking the stay.

Walsh said he felt a "sickness" watching Trump's inauguration, but that feeling went away when he stepped foot on Boston Common.

"We need to continue to stand united no matter what happens nationally," he said. "In Boston, we are going to fight. ... We are not going to stand down."

The rally feels great, but "it's not what we do today that's important," Walsh said. "It's what we do tomorrow. That's what's important.?

11:34 a.m.

Savannah Fox Tree-McGrath sings "Amazing Grace" in Cherokee, then in English.

"Standing up is in our blood," said her mother, Claudia Fox Tree, who introduced her.

Claudia and Savannah Fox Tree are First Nations persons of Arawak descent.

11:22 a.m.

City of Boston Veteran's Services Commissioner Giselle Sterling, the first Latina and the first woman to hold this position, led thousands of voices in the Pledge of Allegiance.

11:16 a.m.

A look at the size of this crowd already:

11:15 a.m.

The event is formally beginning, with a performance of "America the Beautiful" by the Boston Children's Chorus, wearing dark coats and bright red scarves. A wild cheer goes up as singers replace the lyric of "brotherhood" with "crown thy good with sisterhood."

11:05 a.m.

After hours of packed stations, the MBTA sent a notification to riders, warning, "All subway lines may experience moderate delays today due to heavy ridership resulting from the Boston Women's March."

The main slate of speakers was scheduled to get underway at 11 a.m., but the stage remains empty and there are clearly many participants who are still en route.

10:45 a.m.

10:34 a.m.

Mitchell Tunic is a Boston resident and recently retired pediatrician who told Patch he hasn't seen anything like this since the Vietnam War protests, and hasn't seen a need to speak up like this since 1968.

"For scientists like myself- as a doctor I worry about the immediate effects of his administration on scientific research," he said. "As a pediatrician I saw the ability of countless families to obtain health insurance for the first time. Not that I believe Obamacare was perfect, but it was a step in the right direction."

He wore a bright pink, knit cap, one of the "pussy hats" meant to symbolize opposition to Trump and his past comments regarding women's bodies.

"I think the pussy hat declares to women that they are not to be taken advantage of, and that they're not demoted to second class citizenship," he said.

Sitting next to Christopher S. Lorant, of Framingham, Tunic said he'd found a friend.

"This is my newfound brother," he told Patch.

- Sarah Betancourt, Patch staff

10:15 a.m.

Crowds have started to gather on the Boston Common, and crowds have been reported on public transit. MBTA Commuter Rail is adding at least one extra train into Boston.

Top photos via Friends of the Public Garden, Boston EMS via Twitter, and by Sarah Betancourt, Jeff Engel, and Tyler Thurston for Patch.