The invasion of Iraq was still five months away when an estimated 100,000 Americans poured into the streets of several major cities to protest the oncoming conflict. According to the protest’s chief organizer, the ANSWER Coalition, it was the largest display of anti-war sentiment the nation had experienced since the late 1960s. It would not be the last mass protest against the war.

In January 2003, when tens of thousands flooded the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S. Park Police could not even estimate the scale of the demonstration. "I think the organizers of the event will be very pleased,” said ...

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