Photo left, Dr. Rahmat Na’Allah addresses the crowd at the Gateway Building proclaiming that everyone deserves access to health care, and America ranks worst in access among industrialized nations. One of the event organizers, Nora Sullivan, listens to the right.

Photo right, “I’m with Her” poster states this man’s support for women’s rights. Chanted at events throughout the world were Hillary Clinton’s words, “Women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights.”

Shouts and cheers thundered across the park at Peoria’s Gateway Building as speakers addressed a crowd estimated at 1,200 people. Signs promoted women’s rights, LGBT rights, equal pay and universal access to health care – all in marked opposition to the agenda of Donald Trump.

Organized by Nora Sullivan and Sandy Crow, the event was one of more than 600 sister marches across the county and 75 around the world to coincide with the woman’s march in Washington, D.C. that drew 500,000 people, more than the attendance at Trump’s inauguration the day before. In Chicago, 250,000 flooded the streets.

Many objected to Trump’s inauguration speech the day before in which he continued his campaign rhetoric blasting his opponents and journalists, “the most dishonest people in the world.” Some attending his inauguration speech chanted “lock her up” when Hillary Clinton walked to her seat as a former First Lady.

Saturday’s marches and rallies clearly reflected the 73 million Americans who rejected Trump on election day – 10 million more than the number that supported him.