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Daniela Baur helps cary the banner past the white house. More than 150 thousand people gathered in downtown Washington DC. The peace tax fund banner.
Tim Godshall's Military-Spending Uncle Sam Hat The hat shows the US spending priorities in the most recent fiscal year. The budget for reducing reliance on foreign oil is practically non-existent.
Many organizations share the PTF's views, that our budget could be better spent. Powerful messages and packing tape. Dozens of groups marched with their own signs and messages. The overwhelming theme: End the war and redirect the money to where it's really needed.
Crosses were placed on the Mall, to represent the soldiers killed in Iraq. The march was larger than the organizers expected, the Metro system was overwhelmed, and the marchers themselves stood for hours due to sheer congestion. Row after row of lives lost to militarism.