Vigil for conscientious objector Kevin Benderman on March 25. Vigils are on 4th Saturday of each month, from noon to 2, at Exit 119, the Dupont-Steilacoom Rd overpass next to Fort Lewis. The next vigil scheduled is April 22. (photo by Robert Torre)

The USNS Fisher docked in the Port of Olympia with hardware from the war in Iraq. (photo by Robert Torre)

Spontaneous demonstration at the Port of Olympia in response to the arrival of a military ship. (photo by Robert Torre)

(Photo by Robert Torre)

Military vessel, USNS Pililaau, carrying equipment back from the Iraq war, is the largest on record to unload at the Port of Olympia. (Photo by Robert Torre)

(Photo by Robert Torre)

Over 100 people gathered outside NC Machinery in Tukwilla , Washington to pressure the Harnish Group to use their influence to stop Caterpillar from contributing to human rights abuses in the Occupied Territories. (Photo by Robert Torre)

Emcee Dennis Mills - Vietnam war veteran and member of the Rachel Corrie chapter of Veterans For Peace (Chapter 109), Fellowship of Reconciliation, and Olympia Friends Meeting. (Photo by Robert Torre)

Angela Blickenstaff, 25, is the widow of Joe Blickenstaff who died in a rollover accident in Iraq on Dec. 8, 2003. Angela is in the National Guard, and this was the first time she spoke out against the war at a public event. (Photo by Robert Torre)

Speaker Jody Tiller was raised in the military and served in the Air Force during the first Gulf War. She is a member of Veterans for Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, and is the smiling face behind the counter at Traditions Cafe. (Photo by Robert Torre)

Susan Livingston, whose younger brother Joe Blickenstaff died in Iraq, is a member of the NW chapter of Military Families Speak Out and Gold Star Families For Peace - families who have lost a loved one in the war. These groups, along with Western WA chapters of Veterans For Peace met with an aide to Governor Gregoire presenting a resolution calling for the Washington National Guard to be brought home.

(Photo by Robert Torre)

Clint Burelson, President of the Olympia Local of the American Postal Workers Union spoke on Labor against the War and the need for democracy in the USA. Clint also hosts the Progressive Roundtable Forum on TCTV Channel 22/29 Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and Fridays at 3:00PM. (Photo by Robert Torre)

Local citizens demonstrate support for the Eastside Women's Clinic after a fire in January which local and federal investigators have determined was set intentionally. No arrests have been made thus far. (Photo by Robert Torre)