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Article: Hundreds in Powderhorn march against war.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 9, 2003
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Byline: Curt Brown; Staff Writer
Kristine Swenson carried a framed photograph of a fifth-grade Iraqi girl. Ann Ruhlig carried a U.S. flag. Sean Gosiewski and Rachel Hefte carried their 5-month-old daughter, Marianna Jo, in a snowsuit and a sign that read: "Iraqi babies are just as important as me."
They were among hundreds of people who marched through the snowy Powderhorn Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon, chanting: "Don't be quiet, don't be tame, the war in Iraq is not in our name."
Billed as a solidarity march, the latest antiwar demonstration in the Twin Cities was part of International Women's Day. The throng snaked about a mile from ...