Three-hundred UW-Madison students and Dane County community members took part in a peace parade Saturday, marching nearly a mile from Madison Area Technical College to Madison's Truax Field.
The rally was organized by the Madison Area Peace Coalition, a group formed Sept. 25 in response to what members deemed an escalating cycle of violence following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
Protesters donned signs, banners and life-sized puppets during their march.
Cardboard box graves and flowers placed in front of the airfield honored not only victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, but also Afghan civilians and other \victims of militarism.""
Seventeen Madison police officers were present and a dozen military personnel observed from nearby rooftops.
