PHOTOS: State House steps host two very different rallies Saturday

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Signs with the phrases "there is no planet B" and "we've got to keep it cool" are seen at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Liz Fletcher of Mason holds her renewable energy sign at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Sen. Maggie Hassan spoke at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
A People's Climate Rally took place in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Sue DeLemus holds a picture of her husband Jerry who was arrested in March of 2016 and charged with multiple crimes relating to his presence at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada in 2014. Delemus was there for the ‘Free Jerry Delemus and support President Donald Trump Rally,’ at the State House in Concord on Saturday, April 29, 2017. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen spoke at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
A People's Climate Rally took place in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Sterling Chase speaks at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky speaks at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
A People's Climate Rally took place in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Rep. Bob Backus speaks at a People's Climate Rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday morning, April 29, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Jay Stimson of Manchester listens to the speeches at the ‘Free Jerry DeLemus and support President Donald Trump Rally’ at the State House on Saturday, April 29, 2017. GEOFF FORESTER/Monitor staff
Rochester Republican City Commitee member Mac Kittredge recites the Pledge of Allegiance at the ‘Free Jerry DeLemus and support President Donald Trump Rally’ at the State House on Saturday, April 29, 2017. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff
Kathy Peterson of Nashua takes a photograph of the crowd at the ‘Free Jerry DeLemus and support Presdient Donald Trump Rally’ at the State House Saturday, April 29, 2017. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff
Sue DeLemus listens to speakers in support of her husband Jerry who has arrested in March of 2016 and charged with multiple crimes relation to his presence at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada in 2014. Delemus was there for the ‘Free Jerry Delemus and support President Donald Trump Rally’ at the State House in Concord on Saturday, April 29, 2017. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Published: 4/29/2017 11:13:50 PM

Granite Staters gathered for two very different rallies at the State House in Concord on
Saturday.

The morning rally supported actions to combat climate change and included speakers such as Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, students from Kearsarge Changing Climate Change, Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky and more. The event was organized by the NH Sierra Club.

An hour later, another rally was held to bring attention to Jerry DeLemus’ incarceration for his involvement in the armed standoff with federal officials at the Cliven Bundy ranch in Nevada back in 2014. Speakers included Republican state Rep. John Burt and former state representative Susan DeLemus, Jerry’s wife.

Geoff Forester and Elizabeth Frantz

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