Here's what happened at the ‘free speech’ rally and counter-protests
Boston-8/19/17 A protester takes a swing at a free speech supporter being escorted through the Downtown Crossing. Protesters scuffle with police on Tremont Street. A Free Speech rally was held on Boston Common as counter protesters marched down Tremont Street to Boston Common. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)
Photos from the Boston 'free speech' rally and counter-protests
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The most creative signs from the demonstrations against the ‘free speech’ rally
FILE- In this Dec. 8, 2011 file photo, the Amtrak Downeaster travels through Portland, Maine.
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Amtrak brings back 1955 dome rail car to Downeaster train August 19, 2017 | 3:01 PM
Thousands of counter protesters march to a planned 'Free Speech Rally' on Boston Common on August 19, 2017.
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These aerial views show the size of the counter-protest crowds in Boston August 19, 2017 | 2:16 PM
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Thousands of counter-protesters marching down Tremont Street to confront right-wing “free speech” demonstrators in the Boston Common.
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Watch live: Protesters against the 'free speech' rally gather on Boston Common August 19, 2017 | 1:02 PM
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum is in Hubbard Hall on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick. Tom Nangle photo / 16tank
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Bowdoin College is moving Confederate memorial plaque August 19, 2017 | 12:29 PM
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'What unites us is always stronger than what divides us' August 19, 2017 | 9:20 AM
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Maynard police investigating 'disturbing' anti-police graffiti August 18, 2017 | 8:56 PM
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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, Actor Kal Penn addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Penn, artist Chuck Close and virtually the entire membership of the President’s Committee On the Arts and Humanities have announced their resignation. In a letter released this week, Aug. 18, 2017, 17 committee members cited the “false equivalence” of President Donald Trump’s comments about last weekend’s “Unite the Right” gathering in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Citing Trump remarks, entire president's arts council quits August 18, 2017 | 8:14 PM
Boston, MA - December 14, 2016: Dan Koh, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s chief of staff pose for a portrait at City Hall in Boston, MA on December 14, 2016. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe) Section: Metro reporter: smithst
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Dan Koh, Boston mayor's chief of staff, leaving post to run for Congress August 18, 2017 | 6:16 PM
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Walsh’s chief of staff to leave administration to prepare congressional bid August 18, 2017 | 2:18 PM
Boston, MA: 11-08-2016: Barbara Lynch in the dining room of her restaurant Menton in Boston, Mass. Nov. 9, 2016. Photo/John Blanding, Boston Globe staff story/, Food ( xxtruffles )
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Chef Barbara Lynch releases statement one month after Gloucester arrest August 18, 2017 | 1:43 PM
FILE - In this April 29, 2017, file photo, Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump is seen in Harrisburg, Pa. Bannon says there’s no military solution to North Korea’s threats and says the U.S. is losing the economic race against China. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Trump ousts Steve Bannon, his influential, divisive strategist August 18, 2017 | 1:08 PM
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Boston, MA -- 8/14/2017 - Governor Baker and Mayor Walsh arrive at a press conference held to address a controversial rally planned Saturday for Boston Common. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Boston mayor: Violence won't be tolerated at weekend rally August 18, 2017 | 9:38 AM
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Escaped Maine inmate captured after walking away from prison August 18, 2017 | 8:22 AM
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2010 file photo, a maple tree shows its fall colors in Woodstock, Maine. New England's 2017 fall foliage forecast is very favorable for leaf peeping. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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'Spectacular' autumn foliage is forecast for New England August 18, 2017 | 8:20 AM
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Children hit by car in New Bedford while playing in box near driveway August 18, 2017 | 8:06 AM
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1 dead, 1 injured in Brockton shooting August 18, 2017 | 7:18 AM
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Colleges brace for more violence amid rash of hate on campus August 18, 2017 | 4:27 AM
FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in front of a portrait of George Washington, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families. Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Under fire―from GOP―Trump digs in on Confederate icons August 17, 2017 | 11:58 PM
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Vice Media's immersive Charlottesville report gets traction August 17, 2017 | 10:30 PM
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Lawsuit: Poland Spring Water is committing 'colossal fraud' August 17, 2017 | 10:24 PM
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Woman seriously injured when fire pit fuel ignites August 17, 2017 | 10:20 PM
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2011, file photo, a JetBlue logo is displayed on the side of a jet as it taxis at Boston's Logan International Airport. A JetBlue Airways plane made an emergency landing in Buffalo after a few crew members became ill on a cross-country flight. Airport police tweeted Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, that the crew members were taken to the hospital with dizziness, and a backup plane was called in. The flight was scheduled from Boston to San Diego. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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JetBlue says crew members sickened by nail polish remover on flight from Boston August 17, 2017 | 10:18 PM
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NH Republican headquarters tagged with Nazi vandalism August 17, 2017 | 6:48 PM
Boston, MA -- 8/14/2017 - Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans speaks at a press conference held to address a controversial rally planned Saturday for Boston Common. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 15rally
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These items are banned on Boston Common today August 17, 2017 | 5:46 PM
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Pharmacies could collect used needles under council proposal August 17, 2017 | 2:03 PM
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signs a proclamation, in response to the events at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., last week, while joined by Democratic leaders at the Statehouse in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Baker criticized comments made by President Donald Trump in the wake of the rally in which he appeared to equate the protesters, which included neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members, with counter-protesters. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Charlie Baker signs resolution denouncing white nationalism August 17, 2017 | 1:10 PM
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