ADRIAN — Adrian was among an estimated 1,200 locations across the country where people gathered to protest Trump administration policies on April 5.

Several hundred people filled the east lawn of the old Lenawee County Courthouse, waving at passing motorists on Main Street. The group spilled over onto the courthouse’s north and south lawns, as well as the other three corners of the intersection of Main Street and Maple Avenue.

The series of protests coalesced around the theme “Hands Off.” But within that theme, people at Saturday’s protest in Adrian had a number of different takes on what it meant to them.

For example, “I’ve talked to a number of people who are very concerned about their Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid,” said Denise Benjamin of Blissfield.

Indeed, many of the signs being carried had to do with those programs. Elon Musk, a top administration lieutenant, has called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” and the administration has announced plans to cut 7,000 jobs from the Social Security Administration, about 12 percent of its workforce, and cancel leases on several dozen local Social Security offices.

Other signs had to do with the Veterans Administration, public education, public lands, LGBTQ+ rights, funding that aids public libraries, and the judicial branch, which has sparked anger from Trump and allies after judges blocked some of his executive orders.

“So many people are being harmed by this administration,” said Judith Hammerle of Adrian.

Hammerle said she and others are prepared to keep protesting. She noted that the Montgomery bus boycott during the civil rights movement lasted 381 days, and protests against the Vietnam War lasted for years.

“We’re prepared to do that unless the people in charge realize they’re in the wrong. They’re not protecting America,” she said.