City marks 5-year Iraq War anniversary

Wednesday March 19, 2008 8:44 AM By Jamshid Mousavinezhad

Many groups in the city are marking the five-year annivesary of the Iraq war with protests or candlelight vigils. Here's a rundown of scheduled events:

Noon and on: Granny Peace Brigadeholds “knit-in for peace” to mark fifth

anniversary of Iraq war; Times Square Recruitment Center, Broadway and 44th Street.

5:30 p.m.: Korean American peace group marks fifth anniversary of the Iraq

war; The Plaza in front of Woori Bank, 32nd Street and Broadway.

5:30 p.m.: Silent march and peace rally marking fifth anniversary of the

Iraq war; West End and 86th Street to 73rd Street and Broadway.

5:30 p.m.: MoveOn.org protest march and vigil marking fifth anniversary of

the Iraq war; Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.

6:20 p.m.: Protesters to march down Flatbush Avenue to

Livingston Street.

6:30 p.m.: Candlelight vigil marking fifth anniversary of Iraq war;

intersection of 125th and Lenox Avenue.

7:30 p.m.: Rally in St. Rutger’s Church, 73rd Street and

Broadway.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Candlelight vigil marking fifth anniversary of the Iraq war;

Madison Square Park, Broadway at 23rd Street.

-- Lauren Johnston

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