Today, the on ides of March, Lancaster Coalition for Peace and Justice (LCPG) sponsored an event known as M15, a mass peace demonstration and rally.

It has been five years since the war in Iraq began. Since that time, nearly 4,000 United States soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed. This has prompted hundreds of soldiers to join Iraq Veterans Against the War, and openly denounce the US war on terror. Soldiers are deserting the military at an ever increasing rate. Meanwhile, over 60 percent of the American civilian population is opposed to the continuation of the war in Iraq.

On March 15, 2008, in down town Lancaster, there will be a procession, town hall meeting, and silent vigil to demand an end to the five year occupation of Iraq. With your help, hundreds, and possibly thousands of people will come together to march for an end to the war.

As for note-worthies, Titus Peachey from MCC had a stunning speech and Amanda Kemp presented an amazing poem.

Some pictures (with my apologies for the terrible quality as I only had my cel phone):