March on the Pentagon
On Saint Patricks Day, March 17, 2007, the anniversary of the start of the United States invasion of Iraq, an estimated at 15,000 to 25,000 demonstrators marched in the bitter cold from the Vietnam War Memorial, down Route 27 to the Pentagon North Parking Lot. A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Coalition organized the event in symbolic tribute to the historic 1967 march to the Pentagon. The march capped a week of anti-war protests in Washington. Prominent speakers at the event included anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.).
We're here in the shadow of the war machine. It's like being in the shadow of the death star. They take their death and destruction and they export it around the world. We need to shut it down. - Cindy Sheehan
No matter who the father of Anna Nicole's Baby is or who wins the next season of American Idol or what new song is on the radio, people are dying, both from this country and in massive numbers in the Iraqi Civil War. - Hip Hop activist Immortal Technique
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A mock ad for enlistment into the Armed Forces.
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Chalk peace symbol graffiti on a bridge over George Washington Parkway.
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There were a few stands along the walk, this one selling books.
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This woman holds up a copy of 'The Militant' newspaper.
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Chalk peace symbol graffiti on Memorial Bridge.
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Protesters heading across Memorial bridge.
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Protesters on Memorial Bridge.
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Anti-war graffiti.
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With nowhere left to go protesters thank one another and say good-bye.
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The Vietnam Memorial Wall both honors and serves as a painful reminder of the human cost and sacrifice of war.
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The Gathering of Eagles were in Washington to protect war memorials. Here a group of five watch over the Vietnam Memorial Wall.
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The Eagles believe 'That the war memorials are sacred ground; as such, we will not allow them to be desecrated, used as props for political statements, or treated with anything less than the solemn and heartfelt respect theyand the heroes they honordeserve.'
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NO WAR graffiti on Metro bus stop along Constitution avenue.
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