In a pre-event series of actions, Tallahassee anti-war activists dropped anti-war banners in several locations today to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq Occupation.

Later this evening there will be a candlelight procession around Lake Ella on N. Monroe St. starting at 7:30 PM.

Hundreds are expected to attend...

To commemorate the beginning of the sixth year of the illegal, immoral, and unjust war of aggression against the people of Iraq, local political activists and citizens of all stripes gathered at Lake Ella in Tallahassee on Wednesday March 19th as evening fell.

The names names of Florida's war dead were read to the tolling of a large Buddhist bell echoing through the neighborhoods surrounding Lake Ella.

Groups represented included TNJP, Tallahasseans Who think Its Time To Come Home, Vets for Peace, Vietnam Vets Against War, CodePINK, MoveOn.org and regular citizens including at least two active-duty members of the military.

Turnout was lower than expected due to a driving rainstorm. Still, approximately one hundred turned out to raise voice and witness to the disastrous (pick your adjective) misadventure in Iraq.

full report w/pics and slideshow at -
http://www.tnjp.org/5-Years-Too-Many-Tallahassee