GLENS FALLS - On March 19th, the fifth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq, Democracy For The Greater Glens Falls Area and local Moveon.org members will co-sponsor a candlelight vigil and reading of the names of the dead as part of The National Commemoration Of The Iraq War organized by Moveon.org, United For Peace And Justice and other national groups.   

Thousands of communities will be coming together simultaneously on the 19th in solidarity to stand for peace, protest the war and solemnly remember those lost.   This coordinated nationwide commemoration and protest promises to be the largest simultaneous public gathering since the protests against the start of the war five years ago, which were the largest in history, with tens of millions of people around the world in attendance.   

During the event the names of Americans lost in Iraq will be read in a form of counterpoint, along with major losses of Iraqi lives, with one person reading the names of those lost in each year.   A separate reading of those lost from New York and Vermont will begin the event.  A poem will be read at the end followed by the playing of taps.  The reading of the names of the dead will begin at 6 p.m.