Veterans led the way as more than 4000 marchers headed for Fayetteville's Rowan Park.

Former Marine resister Stephen Funk, left, served a six month jail sentence for his public stance against the war.(Photo by Diane Greene Lent.)

Quaker House Board member Bill Jeffries, (in jacket, center), helps carry one of a hundred flag- draped mock coffins, in memory of the Iraq war's casualties.