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Crowds of demonstrators lined a major commercial thoroughfare in Clarksville, Tennessee on Oct. 18 protesting actions by the Trump administration related to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, healthcare, education, immigration raids by ICE and the use of the National Guard in U.S. cities. 

The Clarksville demonstration was part of the ‘No Kings’ nationwide protest that brought out an estimated seven million people in 2,700 cities and towns across America.  

Clarksville is near Fort Campbell, a sprawling Army post that spans the Tennessee/Kentucky border. 

Demonstrators lining up along  Wilma Rudolph Blvd. included high school and college students, working professionals, parents with children in strollers, older Americans and military veterans. 

The Oct. 18 protests happened during a U.S. government shutdown when most federal employees were not being paid.

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