http://www.fayettevilleobserver.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=7080538(check out picture at the bottom of the kids lighting the peace luminarias)
Protesters stage rally against war
By Julia Oliver
Staff writer
As the nation's largest Army post prepared to host its commander in chief Tuesday, a little blue house in Haymount gathered protesters.
Bumper stickers on cars at the curb read "Impeach Bush" and "Bush lied. People died." A yellow banner in the yard read: "Bring them home now."
The 20 or so people milling around the Quaker House were former soldiers, parents and grandparents. They had no plans to watch President Bush's speech from Fort Bragg.
"I've heard it all before, and I didn't believe it the first 10 times," said Chuck Fager, who runs the Quaker House, an organization that helps conscientious objectors.
Instead of watching the president on national television Tuesday night, the protesters met downtown. Sheltered in the Market House from a steady rain, they were about 50 strong by rush hour. They carried signs, lit candles in the shape of a peace symbol and read the names of the more than 1,700 U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq.