The gatherings invoked the Civil Rights leader’s memory while offering another venue for groups protesting the Trump administration this year.

"It's vastly greater than what we had anticipated," an organizer said about an event to honor former Representative John Lewis.

A couple hundred people assembled in downtown Grand Rapids on a sunny Thursday, July 17, evening for the “Good Trouble Lives On” protest against President Donald Trump. The demonstration was part of a nationwide and statewide day of protest challenging the Trump administration and named for the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis,