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'Live free, or die': Hundreds protest against US lockdown restrictions

A similar rally outside Maryland's colonial-era statehouse in Annapolis drew around 200 protesters

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Protesters against the decision by states to extend the stay-at-home order, in Texas, late on Saturday

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Hundreds of people have been  demonstrating in cities across America since Saturday against coronavirus-related stay-at-home rules — with the explicit encouragement of President Donald Trump -— as resentment against prolonged confinement grew.

An estimated 400 people gathered under a cold rain in Concord, New Hampshire — many on foot while others remained in their cars — to send a message that extended quarantines were not necessary in a state with relatively few confirmed cases of Covid-19, an AFP photographer reported.

A similar rally outside Maryland's colonial-era statehouse in Annapolis drew around 200 protesters. And more than 250 people showed up