To mark the 2000th US casualty in Iraq, the Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Los Altos Voices for Peace got together for a march up El Camino from Sunnyvale City Hall to Mountain View City Hall. The above was taken at the beginning in the parking lot at Sunnyvale City Hall.



This rolling roll of the dead lead the march the whole distance. Each line was the name, age, rank, and date killed for another soldier killed in Iraq.  Except for my bike, it was our only sign that rolled on two wheels.



  

     

  

  

The fine print above the thirty thousand plus is "Iraqi Civilians Killed:".



This was the "right side of the street" hike.

     

   

I heard that this guy generated considerable theological discussion. Some people thought he might be a counter protester, but weren't sure.

     

  

     

The fine print on the middle picture above reads "American Service Personnel Wounded:"

  

 



  

  

At the end Karen Meredith spoke a few words, thanking us for working together to make it happen and sharing a brief update on the Camp Casey crowd. One of the new things she had seen on that trip was competition between midwestern cities like Chicago and Milwaukee to send the biggest delegations to DC for the big march. She just marveled at how many bus loads of people had ended up going, despite high gas prices and Hurricane Katrina.

To see another batch of pictures from the event click here.