“I’m here because I know that we can do better in our country,” Mayor Quinton Law told marchers on March 28.
More than 1,000 area residents marched down Main Street on March 28 for the township’s No Kings protest.
The march was among more than 3,000 around the country that drew an estimated 8 million Americans to peacefully protest the policies of President Donald Trump.
“I’m here because I know that we can do better in our country,” said Mayor Quinton Law. “I’m here today because I believe that government can do good in people’s lives, but we have to elect leaders that prioritize people over politics.
“Leaders will change, but movements must continue.”
Millions of people took to the streets for the first national No Kings rally last June; the second occurred four months later.
Law has seen first hand the impact that the current administration has had in Moorestown. He’s talked to residents who’ve lost their jobs, business owners struggling with their costs due to tariffs, and township families who’ve seen a loved one taken and detained by ICE.
“Nothing about that makes Moorestown safer,” Law noted. “Nothing about that makes our community great. What are we doing here today? We’re practicing our first amendment right, and what we’re doing here today is one of the only things that’s ever truly changed our country.
“I’m asking you: Don’t give up, don’t give in.”
Mary McMahon has lived in Moorestown for almost 50 years. She fell in love with the place once she planted her roots. She’s participated in No Kings rallies before, and this time, she joined other residents, including Steve Stern, to organize the 2026 township rally.
There’s a real seriousness to the message that people have of No Kings, McMahon believes.
“That being said, we want it to be friendly, we want it to be welcoming …” she maintained before the march. “We are not an aggressive group of people, we are a neighborly group of people. Sometimes people who are upset feel very alone, and there will be a lot of folks there (at the rally) who think very similarly.”
Although McMahon was happy about the size of the crowd at Moorestown’s protest, she also acknowledged that it’s indicative of a growing rage about what’s going on in our country.
“There’s almost no topic that isn’t problematic,” she argued. “Economics, we have a war going on, we have problems with ICE, you name it. You don’t have to look far. People are very concerned, I think, about health care in this country and how difficult access is, and the financial aspects of it …
“People are going broke for health care and it’s obscene, McMahon added. “There’s just so many areas, and I think people want to say no and they want to be heard and they want to be seen.”
State Sen. Troy Singleton was also at the protest, emphasizing to the crowd that democracy is not a spectator sport. No one gets to just sit back and watch.
“It doesn’t matter if you have a title,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if they call you Honorable X. It’s because it’s you. Our democracy flows from people … There are no kings in our country. It’s only the power of people in our country, and today we get to reaffirm that in this imperfect union which we have.
“It’s still worth fighting for, because democracy matters to each and every one of us.”
Singleton also shared three pieces of advice with marchers down Main: Stay engaged, because it matters that you’re going to fight; be comfortable being uncomfortable; and know that the power of the microphone is not what the country’s adversaries fear, but the power inside each American.
“They are demanding and counting on you not to realize that each and every person here has the power to change the course of this,” the senator told the protesters. “The only way they succeed is when good people don’t show up. Don’t stop showing up, don’t stop fighting, don’t stop giving it everything that you’ve got, because this democracy is worth it.
“It’s worth it for our children, and it’s worth it for our grandchildren.”
