Peace protests the evening of 9/11/01 in the USA?

Factual Questions
1

I have a very distinct memory of being in the drive through of a Jack In The Box in Houston on the evening of 9/11 2001 waiting for our order and listening to the news on the radio when they mentioned peace protests(possibly in NYC?) already organized to protest a hypothetical retaliation on the unknown perpetrators by the USA. I can recall my companion laughing and saying the protesters were pathetic, so afraid of a possible war or military draft they were already out protesting.

Was this real? Were there actually anti-war protests that early?

EDIT:BTW I remember how oddly empty of planes the sky was, and how light the traffic on the roads.

2

Yes, but as I recall, about 90% of the US was in favor of war at that time and Bush had near total support with his speech calling for the Afghan government to hand over Bin Laden or risk attack.

However yes, even then there were others supporting peace talks.

3

As I recall, the main theme was that we shouldn’t turn this into a general war against all Muslims.

4

I was in NYC at the time, and worked on the cleanup. If there were peace protests… they were unnoticed. If anything, a call to action was in place.

5

I was working on Broadway and 20th at the time. IIRC, 14th was as far south as the general public was allowed during those first few weeks, which means that Union Square was where everyone congregated, and where the first makeshift memorials came up. I remember seeing antiwar signs there when I came to work the following day (they didn’t open the office, but forgot to inform everyone). I didn’t assign much importance to them at the time - considering the neighborhood’s inhabitants and their politics, I considered it a reflexive action.