'Not My Presidents Day' Rally NYC: Thousands Protest Trump In Columbus Circle

NEW YORK CITY — Thousands of New Yorkers took to Columbus Circle this Presidents Day to participate in "Not My Presidents Day" — a national day of protest against newly-elected President Donald Trump.

Protesters started to fill Columbus Circle outside of the Trump International Hotel and Tower before noon on Monday. At the protest's peak crowds stretched 13 blocks down Central Park West. Around 4 p.m. police began to break up the rally and tell people to disperse crowds of people, according to reports and social media posts from the scene.

"Donald Trump is literally our President, but figuratively, he has attacked every value New Yorkers embody and does not represent our interests," reads a Facebook event page for the protest.

Organizers for Monday's rallies asked protesters to tweet with the hashtags #notmypresident and #doyourjob at 2 p.m. eastern time.

The "Not My Presidents Day" Facebook page listed rallies taking place in New York, Chicago, D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Austin and San Diego. Rallies were also taking place in smaller communities like Ann Arbor, Michigan, Greensboro, North Carolina, Rapid City, South Dakota and Indianapolis.

On Sunday, New Yorkers participated in the "I Am A Muslim Too" rally in Times Square to show their solidarity with the Muslim community in the country

Patch has reached out to the Mayor's Office and the NYPD for crowd size estimates.

Photos courtesy of Meg Goble