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Many of the protestors in Los Angeles seemed caught off guard — and enlivened — by the abrupt orders to leave on Friday afternoon. Trump deployed the National Guard and U.S. Marines against the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Last protesters in Philadelphia are dispersed

Dozens of lingering protesters in Philadelphia were trailed by police on bicycles and on motorbikes with sirens blaring as officers urged them to move away.

They eventually dispersed a few hours after the scheduled march and speeches had ended. At least three people were detained.

Army parade showcases equipment sent to Ukraine

Some of the equipment on display isn’t just theoretical or historic. The Army has showcased weapons systems being used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Some of the equipment on display is currently in use on the battlefield in Ukraine. The U.S. military has provided substantial support, including weapons and weapons systems from its own stockpiles, to help the Ukrainians fight a war against Russia.

These are some of the parade weapons that have been sent to Ukraine, along with the number supplied, according to the U.S. State Department.

1. Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (More than 300)

2. Abrams tanks (31)

3. Stryker armored personnel carriers (More than 400)

4. 105mm howitzers (72, along with 1 million 105mm artillery rounds)

5. 155mm howitzers (More than 200, along with more than 3 million 155mm artillery rounds)

6. HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (More than 40)

Trump swears in 250 new recruits and returning soldiers

Helping bring up the rear of the Army parade were hundreds of future troops, led by the band at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point including members of the Texas A&M Army Corps of Cadets. There were also new enlistees just going through Army initial entry training, cadets from the Virginia Military Institute and cadets from The Citadel in South Carolina.

The final participants include 250 brand new recruits or soldiers who are re-enlisting.

As they reached Trump, they turned toward him and raised their right hands. Standing at a podium, Trump then swore them into service, with soldiers repeating an oath after him.

Virginia man drives SUV through crowd at No Kings protest, no injuries reported

A person at a "No Kings" protest was struck by a vehicle Saturday in Culpeper, Virginia, as a crowd was dispersing near the end of the gathering on the sidewalk in front of a Walmart. Police said no injuries were reported and they don't know who was hit, but a Culpeper man has been taken into custody in the incident.

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Dispersal order seems to embolden LA protest

Tensions are escalating on the streets of downtown Los Angeles as police sought to disperse demonstrators, many of whom seemed caught off guard — and enlivened — by the abrupt orders to leave.

As police fired flash bangs and canisters of tear gas, protesters responded with loud fireworks and calls to “hold the line.� Volunteer medics in gas masks roamed the crowd, offering saline solution to those affected by tear gas.

Modern military hardware on display

Soldiers are showing off the Army’s newest hardware, from modern rifles to vehicles to drones flying overhead.

Earlier, more tanks had rolled through the streets.

LAPD clears protesters with tear gas and crowd control munitions

A previously calm demonstration in downtown LA quickly turned chaotic as police on horseback charged at the crowd, striking some with wood rods and batons as they cleared the street in front of the federal building.

Officers then fired tear gas and crowd control projectiles at the large group, sending demonstrators, hot dog vendors and passing pedestrians fleeing through the street. Some have since regrouped, ignoring an LAPD dispersal order.

“It was a total 100% over-reaction. We weren’t doing anything but standing around chanting peaceful protest,� said Samantha Edgerton, a 37-year-old bartender.

A parade brought to you by Coinbase, Palantir and UFC

The military says the parade will only cost between $25 million and $45 million because several corporations are sponsoring the celebration.

Among those are some tightly connected to Trump. They include the cryptocurrency firm Coinbase, which added Trump’s campaign manager to its advisory council. The technology firm Palantir was founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, who used to employ Vice President JD Vance.

And Ultimate Fighting Championship’s founder, Dana White, is a Trump ally who joined the president at the reviewing stand.

Traditional military contractors like Amazon and Lockheed Martin also sponsored the event.

The final sections of marching troops represent the Army’s future

The band at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point will lead hundreds of future troops, including members of the Texas A&M Army Corps of Cadets, new enlistees just going through Army initial entry training, cadets from the Virginia Military Institute and cadets from The Citadel in South Carolina.

Last, 250 brand new recruits or soldiers who are re-enlisting will reach the president. As they do, they will turn toward him and raise their right hand, and Trump will swear them into service.

This is far from the biggest US military parade

Trump is expected to speak as part of the Army semi-quincentennial that happens to fall on his birthday. There are bipartisan concerns about the cost of the spectacle, which this civilian commander in chief has pitched as a way to celebrate U.S. power.

But with just 6,600-plus troops marching, it’s hardly the biggest to be held in America.

President Andrew Johnson appears to still hold that record, set when his “Grand Review of the Armies� marked the end of the Civil War. That show of force in 1865, meant to salve a war-weary nation, included 145,000 soldiers marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.

It’s a lot of saluting for Trump today

Normally the commander in chief salutes when presented with U.S. military troops, and Trump is doing a lot of saluting during the parade.

He’s been seated for much of the parade so far, but at times the president has stood and saluted as troops move by the reviewing stand.

The parade has been moving swiftly, with severe weather predicted for the area. It started slightly early, too.

Golden Knights parachute team sails though the air

The crowd, with their heads tilted upwards, screams with excitement as the U.S. Army’s official parachute demonstration and competition team glides toward the Ellipse. Red smoke released by the parachuters streaked across the sky.

The paratroopers’ arrival was moved up, likely because of the deteriorating weather. They had been slated for the end of the parade.

Clouds shrouded the Washington Monument as the parade unfolded. The rain remains intermittent, just a few light drops.

Trump arrives at parade stands

The president and first lady Melania Trump have arrived at the stands where they will review the Army parade.

Trump waves and pumps his fist to the crowd, who cheer and chant “USA!, USA!�

In addition to the military branch’s birthday, Saturday is also Trump’s birthday. The Army is turning 250, while the president is now 79.

It’s now raining along the parade route

Raindrops have begun to fall as the Army birthday parade prepares to kick off.

Trump left the White House nearly 45 minutes earlier than originally expected, and is on his way to the reviewing area.

Larry Stallard, a retired American Airlines pilot who turns 83 next month, traveled from Kansas City for the weekend “to see the military and see Trump.�

'No Kings'

Hours ahead of the parade, crowds of protesters with anti-Trump signs marched toward the White House, escorted by police vehicles and officers on bicycles. Some held a giant banner that read: “TRUMP MUST GO NOW.�

The parade was added just a few weeks ago to the planned celebration of the Army’s birthday and has drawn criticism for its price tag of up to $45 million and the possibility that the lumbering tanks could tear up city streets. The Army took  to protect the streets, including laying metal plates along the route.

About 6 in 10 Americans said Saturday’s parade was “not a good use� of government money. The vast majority of people, 78%, said they neither approve nor disapprove of the parade overall, according to a poll from .

The daylong display of America’s Army comes as Trump showed willingness to use the nation's military might in ways other U.S. presidents typically avoided, inviting an  and accusations that he is politicizing the military. In the past week, he activated the  and dispatched the U.S. Marines to provide security during Los Angeles protests related to immigration raids, prompting a state lawsuit to stop the deployments.

This past week, Trump also raised eyebrows during a  when members of the 82nd Airborne Division, who were directed to stand behind Trump, booed and , including condemnation of his predecessor, Joe Biden. There also was a pop-up “Make America Great Again� merchandise stand nearby selling souvenirs to troops in uniform.

The Defense Department has a doctrine that prohibits troops from participating in political activity while in uniform. Members of Congress and military leaders expressed concerns about the political displays during the speech at Fort Bragg.

It remained unclear whether protests would disrupt the parade, though several hundred demonstrators assembled in the hours before. Officials said they had no indication of a security threat.

 — organizers picked the name to support democracy and speak out against what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration —  — were meant to counter what organizers say are Trump’s plans to feed his ego on his 79th birthday and Flag Day.

Ahead of a rally and march toward the White House on Saturday afternoon, about 200 protesters assembled in northwest Washington’s Logan Circle and handed out signs and danced to upbeat music from a local street band, including “This Land Is Your Land.�

The mood was celebratory as the group chanted “Trump must go now� before erupting in cheers.

A larger-than-life puppet of Trump — a caricature of the president wearing a crown and sitting on a golden toilet — was wheeled through the crowd.

Other protesters waved pride flags and hoisted signs, some with pointed messages such as “I prefer crushed ICE,� referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Other messages were: “The invasion was HERE Jan. 6th, NOT in L.A.� and “Flip me off if you’re a FASCIST."

Protesters gather in cities across the United States

Atlanta’s 5,000-capacity  quickly reached its limit, with thousands more demonstrators outside the barrier in front of the state Capitol and a handful of counterprotesters leaving before the rally finished.

Intermittent light rain fell as sign-carrying marchers gathered for the flagship rally in Philadelphia's Love Park, where a woman wearing a foam Statue of Liberty crown brought a speaker system and led an anti-Trump singalong, changing the words “young man� in the song “Y.M.C.A.� to “con man.�

Karen Van Trieste, a 61-year-old nurse who drove up from Maryland, said she grew up in Philadelphia and wanted to be with a large group of people showing her support.

“I just feel like we need to defend our democracy,� she said. She is concerned about the Trump administration's layoffs of staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the fate of immigrant communities and the Trump administration trying to rule by executive order, she said.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, crowds cheered anti-Trump speakers and chanted “we have no kings� while people started to gather in front of Los Angeles City Hall, many carrying American flags as a drum circle began.

Protests are planned in  across the country, from city blocks and small towns to courthouse steps and community parks, organizers said, but no events are scheduled in Washington, D.C., where the military parade will take place in the evening.

The 50501 Movement orchestrating the protests says it picked the “No Kings� name to support democracy and speak out against what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.The name 50501 stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement.

The demonstrations come on the heels of protests that flared up across the country over federal  that began last week and Trump  and Marines to Los Angeles, where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire.

Governors urge calm, some call out the National Guard

Governors and city officials vowed to protect the right to protest and to show no tolerance for violence.

Republican governors in Virginia, Texas, Nebraska and Missouri are  to help law enforcement manage demonstrations.

There will be “zero tolerance� for violence, destruction or disrupting traffic, and “if you violate the law, you’re going to be arrested,� Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told reporters Friday.

In Missouri, Gov. Mike Kehoe issued a similar message, vowing to take a proactive approach and not to “wait for chaos to ensue.�

Nebraska’s governor also signed an emergency proclamation Friday to activate his state’s National Guard, a step his office called “a precautionary measure in reaction to recent instances of civil unrest across the country.�

 that one march will go to the gates of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis warned demonstrators that the “line is very clear� and not to cross it.

Organizers canceled all “No Kings� protests in Minnesota after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot early Saturday.

Some law enforcement agencies announced they were ramping up efforts for the weekend. In California, state troopers will be on “tactical alert,� which means all days off are canceled for all officers, while West Virginia’s governor put the state police and National Guard on standby.

On social media, Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, called for peaceful protests over the weekend, to ensure Trump doesn’t send military to the state.

“Donald Trump wants to be able to say that we cannot handle our own public safety in Washington state,� Ferguson said.

In a statement Friday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, urged protesters “to remain peaceful and calm as they exercise their First Amendment right to make their voices heard.�

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said his administration and state police are working with police in Philadelphia ahead of what organizers estimate could be a crowd approaching 100,000 people.

Philadelphia’s top prosecutor, District Attorney Larry Krasner, warned that anyone coming to Philadelphia to break the law or immigration agents exceeding their authority will face arrest. He invoked civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as a guide for demonstrators.

“If you are doing what Martin Luther King would have done, you’re going to be fine,� Krasner told a news conference.

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Associated Press writers Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price, Nathan Ellgren, Lea Skene, Olivia Diaz, Joey Cappelletti, Ashraf Khalil and Tara Copp contributed to this report.