Although it was raining most of the day, the United for Peace and Justice Anti-war rally at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida, had a really good turnout. There were many speakers at the event, maybe too many, but the testimony given by Iraqi war veteran Clifton Hicks made it all worth it, as his accounts of what happened during his deployment in Iraq moved many to tears.

As the march started, the skies opened up and a deluge of rain came down. The marchers moved through the streets undeterred, and at about a mile into the march, came upon a small group of pro-war protesters that call themselves the Gathering of Eagles. These self proclaimed "real Americans" yelled hateful phrases and gave the old middle finger salute to everyone as they walked by. This conflict was pretty much over before it started, because the ratio of anti-war protesters to pro-war protesters was so great.

Below are the photos I took in Orlando on October 27th 2007. If you would like to see more photos from other anti-war protest I have covered, you can take a look at my Flickr or deviantART galleries.


Florida for Peace


Something good has begun


Born to Kill


Senator Mike Gravel


Military Families Speak Out


If You're Not Outraged


Bush's Last Day


Blood For Oil


Obama'08


Lydia Vickers


Antoine Demetrius Smith


Grandmothers for Peace


Make Art Not War


Mean People Suck


Anti-Imperialist Contingent


Give Peace a Vote


Anti-Flag


Clifton Hicks


For All We Know


Peace Love & Happiness


A Bird in the Hand


or Lose Jihad


Infidel


War is not the Answer


Would Jesus Bomb?

All photos by Danny Hammontree