Small children wearing fake blood splattered on their white t-shirts led the group on their march.

The group largely bemused other protesters and candidate supporters, who often asked who they were voting for, and sometimes yelled ethnic slurs.

Several times, Gore supporters met the group on the march and began shouting matches, trying to drown out chants of "Justice for Palestine" with an "Al Gore, Al Gore" chant.

Demonstrators were shouted down at one point by a chant of "USA, USA" from Carpenters for Gore.

The evening's most emotionally charged moment came when about 150 Muslim members of the group stood and kneeled shoulder to shoulder for prayer at the end of the rally, using placards and jackets for prayer rugs.

Their worship was met with isolated jeers of "We speak English in this country," and "Terrorists!" but the sympathetic crowd that gathered quickly silenced these.

"There were some people yelling, swearing, but that's normal," said protestor Mohammed Al-Rishaq, of Somerville.

Angelie Patel, a Wellesley student, said she was more optimistic.