Protest in Los Angeles - Feb. 15, 2003

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators march through Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

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March 15 protests in Santa Monica, Hollywood and elsewhere.

Anti-war demonstrators are greeted by Marilyn Monroe, Superman and Batman impersonators as they pass Mann’s Chinese Theater while marching down Hollywood Blvd. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Anti-war demonstrators march along Hollywood Blvd. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Tracqui Martine, a native of France, shows her allegiance to the U.S. and her homeland as she joins thousands of anti-war demonstrators in Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Thousands gather at Hollywood and Vine at the beginning of the march. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Celebrities lead thousands of anti-war demonstrators in a march through Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Protesters march past mural of Alfred Hitchcock. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

A large paper machier caricature of President George Bush is carried along Hollywood Blvd. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Actor Martin Sheen joins thousands of anti-war demonstrators in a march through Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Anti-war demonstrators march up Hollywood Blvd. as Marilyn Monroe impersonator Dena Morehouse watches from in front of Mann’s Chinese Theater. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)

Thousands marched along Hollywood Blvd. in opposition to prospective war against Iraq. (Vince Compagnone / LAT)

Marchers on Hollywood Blvd. (Vince Compagnone / LAT)

Venice residents Helen Alland, far left, and Linda Laisure at Santa Monica’s “Peace on the Beach” rally. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

Abigail Farmer, 4, from Los Angeles, participated in the Santa Monica rally with her mother Leola Flanphier, front, and her brother Jake Farmer, 7. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)