pictures from C3 peace rally, March 20

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Mike Howells, opening the rally in Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park.


alobar, Armstrong Park


Armstrong Park.


Armstrong Park.


Marching down Rampart Street.


Marching down Canal Street.


Rally in front of Charity Hospital, to protest proposed drastic budget cuts for subsidized health care for the poor. The old lady in the pink shirt in the middle is the woman who walked across the US four years ago to draw attention to campaign finance reform. She is now 94.


Marching through the Iberville housing project. One aim of the march was to connect the war costs with cuts in health care and housing for the poor.


Iberville housing project.


Iberville housing project.


Closing rally in Lehman park. The Mo'Lasses Marching Band, shown here, joined the march in front of Charity Hospital and convered the march into a "second line" with jazz accompaniment.