A "Good Trouble Lives On" protest on July 17 at a high-traffic west Mesa intersection escalated amid accusations that a firearm was pulled out.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - After being canceled Thursday due to a thunderstorm, Montpelier’s “Good Trouble” rally will be held today. There will be a photo procession of civil rights icons and songs from the Civil Rights era. Speakers will include Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas and State Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale.

“Good Trouble” rallies are coming to Boston and other Massachusetts cities on Thursday, July 17, in protest of the Trump administration, according to the Indivisible Mass Coalition.

Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies were held at more than 1,600 locations around the country Thursday. The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action was held in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis.

"It is important for people to be out here today so that we can show that we are not for what is going on in this country," Monterey protester Lisa Fimby-Dukart said. "We're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for voting rights,

Republican Chair Keith Brin said in a text Friday that Trump’s legislation and actions were part of the fulfillment of campaign promises.