Scenes from the Boston Women's March for America: Slideshow

BOSTON, MA — Protest signs, pink knit hats and wave after wave of people descended on the Boston Common, followed by many waves more, as the mayor's office estimates as many as 170,000 turned out for the Boston Women's March for America Saturday.

Boston's was one of hundreds of protests Saturday in the wake of President Donald Trump's inauguration, reportedly second only in size to the main national Women's March in Washington, D.C. The formal "march" portion of the protests there and in Chicago were reportedly cancelled due to the high number of people. In Boston, the march up Beacon Street to Comm Ave. was reduced to little more than a crawl outside the Common.

According to police, despite the volume of people converging on the Common, the protests were orderly and peaceful.

Take a look at photos from the event here, and check out more of Patch's coverage below:

• Why They March: Three Profiles from the Boston Women's March for America
  
• Boston's Women's March for America: Patch Live-Blog
  
• Sights and Sounds from Boston Women's March: 175,000 Strong Made Their Voices Heard

Photos by Alison Bauter and Sarah Betancourt for Patch, and courtesy Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Friends of the Public Garden, Boston EMS and Boston Police Department. Additional photos contributed by Patch readers Pam Haughwout Borys and Alaina Peterson, with a photo of her six-year-old daughter, Halle, at the march. Additional photos by Jeff Engel and and Tyler Thurston, courtesy to Patch.