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Some Go By the Book; Others Follow Their Conscience
Sylvia Taylor, 15, left, of Kent, Ohio, and her mother, Sheri Leafgran, find common ground during the protest. Leafgran said she feels a sense of hopelessness in the nation.
(By Marvin Joseph -- The Washington Post)
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Protest Veterans' View
Evelyn Lambert, 72, sat on a corner bench at Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street NW. Beside her, her husband, Leon, finished an apple.
Age and infirmity have ended their marching days -- against poverty, against the Vietnam War, against the fighting in Afghanistan -- but not their protest days. They got on a bus in Long Island at 5 a.m. yesterday and arrived in Washington in time to secure this prime viewing and cheering spot.
"Just to have our voices heard," Evelyn said.
-- Susan Levine
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A Mother's Hope
Deep in the clog of people inching up 15th Street toward the White House, Grace Friend walked with her husband and three close friends and held her sign high -- a large color photograph of a young Marine. Underneath, she had written "Alive, in Fallujah."
"Is that your son?" a woman beside her asked, suddenly focusing on the words.
"Yes."
"And he's over there?"
Again, Friend nodded.
