In step with the Women’s March on Washington, organizers in New Hampshire put on demonstrations from the North Country to the Seacoast.

In Portsmouth, hundreds flooded Market Square carrying signs. In Concord, the State House was a rallying point. In the sparse North Country, about 400 people marched down Main Street in Lancaster while cars honked along side.

Lancaster organizer Catherine Carter said the crowd far surpassed her expectations; she was hoping for 100.

“I’m floored,” she said. “I am so excited.”

Carter said she and fellow organizer Kirsten Scobie wanted to give the state’s northern-most residents a way to demonstrate without having to travel the distance to Concord or Boston. Plus, they felt it was important to have a local presence.

“We thought it would really resonate more here,” Carter said.

Marchers carried signs advocating for women’s rights, LGBT rights and climate action.

“Stay strong sistahs,” one said.

“A woman’s rights should not be determined by five old men,” another said, a nod to the state’s Executive Council, which has voted to cut funding for Planned Parenthood in the past.

About a half dozen Trump supporters waved signs on Main Street as the march began.

“It’s another divisive march,” said Karl Ruch of Groveton as he held aloft a Trump sign.

Ruch said he supported the First Amendment rights of the marchers but was concerned it was dividing pro- and anti-Trump voters further. He agreed with many marchers that Trump’s rhetoric is too bombastic.

With Trump in the White House, Ruch said he believed the pressure is now on the new Republican administration and Congress to show they can deliver change. But some of their promises made him uneasy, he added.

For instance, Ruch said he believes Republicans must have a health care replacement for the Affordable Care Act before they start repealing it.

“I think it’s a mistake if people were just dropped,” he said. “It would turn the conservative party inside out if people were kicked off the rolls.”

As the march wrapped up, 14-year-old Lyliana Autumn Cass of Monroe clutched her homemade sign that said “I’m proud to be a nasty woman.” Wearing a Hillary Clinton button on her jacket, the teenager said she showed up because “I feel like my voice needs to be heard.”

Cass has political aspirations of her own – maybe getting as far as the White House some day.

“I do have plans to run,” she said.