Anti-war demonstration to take place today

There will be a demonstration 5 p.m. today at the Monroe County Courthouse Square encouraging the government to end the war and bring troops home from Afghanistan.
The activists are calling for "Peace for Afghanistan", according to a press release.

Today marks eight years of U.S. war and military occupation in Afghanistan, according to the press release. More than 1,400 coalition troops have been killed and in 2009 so far, there's been 239 casualties, which is higher  than any other year since the invasion.