Last weekend, Mr. Qualls transferred the crosses to a site in downtown Crawford that's been nicknamed "Fort Qualls." Mr. Garvey moved his son's crosses there as well. By yesterday afternoon, friends and relatives of 13 other fallen soldiers had followed suit.
"More are on the way," Mr. Qualls said, based on the number of e-mails, letters and phone calls of support he has received.
Also, starting today, about 500 yard signs that say "Support Our Troops" and "Bush Country" will be placed on property directly across from Camp Casey by a group called GrassFire.org.
"We will also unfurl a huge American flag" to fly at the site, which is being called "Camp Reality," said Steve Elliott, president of GrassFire.org. He said his group has collected 400,000 petitions supporting both Mr. Bush and U.S. troops.
The Washington Times requires excerpting so folks who don't use the link are missing out.
It's a straight news article on the frontpage of today's Times!
Washington Times is friendly compared to its rival, but the headline could use work and would prefer they not fall into the trap of saying "Mr.". It's President Bush. But I give them credit for the getting this information and POV out there while their rival withdraws from supporting a Freedom walk on Sept 11th. I also LOVE that our side, even when furious at the Left's antics, has a sense of humor. Between going dove hunting and this Camp Reality, it's priceless. :-)
The rival cross camps are evidence of a growing public backlash against the anti-war campaign of California activist Cindy Sheehan
And this is a good example of how the Times is better than the Post. They labeled her an activist, Truth, rather than "Mother Sheehan". Kudos to them for that.
Julie Curtis-Win of Fort Hood, Texas, executive director of the Texas Military Family Foundation, was at Fort Qualls yesterday, having been asked to go there by some of the 500 Fort Hood soldiers deployed to Iraq last week. "They wanted me to go to say we support our troops and that America is one. So we're up here trying to do the right thing," said Mrs. Curtis-Win. Wonderful
During the past three years, she said, about 100,000 troops from Fort Hood have been sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. On Tuesday, some mothers of Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq removed their crosses from Camp Casey and transplanted them at Fort Qualls. Mothers who found duplicate crosses bearing their sons' names at the anti-war site took the extras home, Mrs. Curtis-Win said. She condemned the placement of the crosses at Camp Casey as "very, very disrespectful."
So when is MoDo going to write a column on how Cindy has the moral authority to use others dead son's and daughters to prop up her anti war demonstration?
A pro-troop "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy" tour, organized by a conservative group called MoveForwardAmerica.org, that began in California is due to arrive in Crawford this weekend.
Backlash commences.