On the night of March 12, 2003, a meeting at Catholic Charities on Buffalo Street pulsated with anxiety over the seemingly immanent invasion of Iraq. There, Ithacan Daniel Burns suggested pouring blood at nearby Lansing's military recruitment center. Many agreed it was a good idea; fellow Ithacans Peter DeMott and sisters Clare and Teresa Grady agreed to join Burns. On March 17, at Lansing's military recruitment center, as roughly two dozen protestors stood outdoors on a mild winter day, Burns, DeMott, Clare and Teresa entered the facility's vestibule with a cup of blood each. They poured the blood along the...