SEATTLE - Close to 2,000 people marched through Seattle protesting the war in Iraq Saturday, on the fifth anniversary of the Senate vote that approved the war.

There were close to a dozen protests across the country, all with the same message: Bring the troops home.

The Seattle crowd made their way from Judkins Park to Pioneer Square in a protest that brought the young and old together.

"We are the raging grannies and we're really for bringing the troops back home from this illegal war," said Rita Selin, a protester.

Seattle was one of 11 protest sites across the country for the National Day of Action against the war in Iraq. Tens of thousands more marched in San Francisco, New York City and Boston.

"I feel empowered," said protester Myra Wilson. "I feel like we have a very large support for our troops to be home and this war to end. It's unnecessary."

And along with the march were the handful of people protesting the protestors.

Following the event, Chanan Suarez Diaz, a U.S. Navy medic who served six months in Iraq, told his story. He's hoping to lead a movement of vets against the war.

"We need to give them the confidence to know that the movement is behind them," Diaz said. "And as you saw here, we led the march and it's very important that we do that."

And after the lives lost and the hundreds of billions spent on the war, protestor Duncan Bond says it is time to do something.

"I think people are getting to the point that they have had enough," he said. "They have had enough of what the administration is doing. They've had enough of democrats not doing anything to stop things and people are very frustrated and they are glad to get out here."

Seattle police say there were no arrests.