MANASSAS PARK Free America Walkout

One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on immigrants, families torn apart, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent.  It is time for our communities to escalate as well. 

2025 was a year of marches that showed our collective strength. And as the threats grow, our movement must evolve and escalate. Trump and his allies have already made clear that a second term would bring a deeper wave of misogyny, racism, xenophobia, and violence than the first.

On January 20, we call on our communities to organize teams, call your neighbors and classmates, and turn your back and walk out on fascism. Host mutual aid planning meetings, organize public service, but walk out to block the normal routines of power, and make the stakes real. This is a protest and a promise.  In the face of fascism, we will be ungovernable. 

★ We walk away from fascism. ★  

★ We walk towards a Free America. ★ 

★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all. ★

★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★

This local event is being organized by volunteers with the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee for TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, from 2-4 PM, on the plaza outside Manassas Park City Hall (Manassas Dr at Park Center Ct) and along the NORTH sidewalk of Manassas Drive between Bank St and the railroad tracks.

We will stand along that Manassas Drive sidewalk with protest signs and small American flags to be seen and heard by those in passing vehicles.  

Ample free parking will be available in the surface parking lots on either side of the City Hall/public library building, in the nearby VRE parking garage, and in the VRE parking lot on the other side of the railroad tracks.  Public restrooms will be open inside the City Hall/library building.

Our event headquarters will be beneath a blue popup canopy tent on the City Hall plaza.  Visit our headquarters to learn about various local political activities and to create a handmade protest sign if you need one.

If you have one, please bring a small handheld American flag and a protest sign that speaks to your issue(s).  Patriotic attire is welcome but optional.  In addition, bring a water bottle, dress for the weather, and reach out if you have any questions.  And please spread the word!

IMPORTANT:  We have received a public gathering permit to conduct this event from the City of Manassas Park.  Participants must obey all pedestrian and traffic laws and may not interfere with the movements of vehicles or pedestrians.  Our event marshals, wearing orange vests, will act to de-escalate any potential incidents of harassment, vandalism, or violence.  If you see something, say something.  If the City requires us to modify our plans, we will notify event registrants in advance via email.