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Here's what happened at the ‘free speech’ rally and counter-protests

Boston, MA- August 19, 2017: Protesters stand at a police line on Boylston Street near the Boston Common, Boston, MA on August 19, 2017. Thousands of protesters are expected to flood downtown Boston Saturday, with the “Boston Free Speech” rally on Boston Common likely surrounded by several different counter-actions. (CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF) section: metro reporter:

Photos from the Boston 'free speech' rally and counter-protests

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The most creative signs from the 'free speech' rally and protest

This file photo taken on March 29, 2006 shows a full solar eclipse sin Antalya, southern coast of Turkey.

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In a photo provided by the Seabrook N.H. Fire Department, firefighters work on a fire at Brown’s Lobster Pound, a longtime seafood restaurant in Seabrook, New Hampshire, which was heavily damaged by fire early Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Authorities are investigating what caused the fire. The owners say they will reopen as soon as possible. (Francis Emond/Seabrook N.H. Fire Department via AP)

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Massive counter-protest upstages 'free speech rally' in Boston August 20, 2017 | 1:13 AM

FILE- In this Dec. 8, 2011 file photo, the Amtrak Downeaster travels through Portland, Maine.

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.

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.

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
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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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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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Boston, MA: 11-08-2016: Barbara Lynch in the dining room of her restaurant Menton in Boston, Mass. Nov. 9, 2016.

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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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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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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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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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