They had 'The Godfather' theme, like 'I'm coming back to take the throne. This is mine and I'm taking it back.' They had their game faces on. The Quad was very precise. I thought they were creative.

Hopefully, while we're there we will be able to talk to the president and get some answers and hear what he has to say.

I have only recently moved back to Zetland Road and it is a better place than when I left. It seems to have quietened down a lot. There used to be a lot of young people fighting and drinking in the street but, I haven't seen anything like that this year.

[Her traveling companion, Patricia Roberts of Lithonia, Ga., whose son was killed in Iraq in 2003, echoed the comments of her friend.] I can't bring my son back, but I can stop other sons and daughters from being killed, ... Powerful things happen in numbers. We need (more parents) to stand up, so we can stop this war.

I can't bring my son back, but I can stop other sons and daughters from being killed. Powerful things happen in numbers. We need (more parents) to stand up, so we can stop this war.

I have never seen a movement so powerful. You really had to be there.