Standing on her toes to reach the microphone, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold told the crowd: ''Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar.''
The sixth-grader from Harvard, Mass., the youngest speaker on the National Mall stage, organized a petition drive at her school against the war. ''I encourage the youth of America to rise up and tell our government, 'Changes have to be made,''' she said.