Wed., Jan. 14, marked exactly five years since Grandmothers Against the War started their weekly vigil in Rockefeller Center. Several dozen Grannies braved below-freezing temperatures on Fifth Ave. in Midtown to unfurl a 10-foot-long banner urging Barack Obama to end the Iraq War. Organizer Joan Wile held a sign reading, “4226,” the number of U.S. troops killed in the war as of Jan. 14. “We hope to remind the president-elect that he was supported by us principally because of his promise to bring the troops home quickly,” said Barbara Walker.
