Protestors Unveil Monument Honoring Sheehan

AP ^ | Nov. 25, 2005 | Angel K. Brown

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Protestors Unveil Monument Honoring Sheehan By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago

CRAWFORD, Texas - Anti-war demonstrators, back in Crawford to protest during President Bush's holiday vacation, unveiled a stone monument Friday with the words "Sheehan's Stand" in honor of the woman who inspired their efforts.

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Cindy Sheehan, who staged a 26-day protest outside Bush's ranch in August, cried when she saw the 2-foot-high sandstone marker.

On the other side of the rectangular slab is the word "Why!" and names of more than two dozen soldiers whose families were part of the vigil. The name of Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, is among them.

"Nobody knew what was going to happen, and we made up Camp Casey as we went along, and it grew and grew and grew," said Sheehan, of Berkeley, Calif. "We're here to say that the killing has to stop, that we're not going to justify any more killing on our losses."

The artist who carved the 1,200-pound monument, Ron Teska of Wind Ridge, Pa., drove to Crawford the last week of the protest with the stone slab in the back of his pickup. He spent about 45 hours carving it.

The marker was placed at the Crawford Peace House, which opened downtown a month after the war began in March 2003. An anti-war rally was planned for Saturday and an interfaith service Sunday.

Several Bush supporters also gathered in Crawford on Friday with a sign reading: "The price of freedom is not free." Hundreds were expected to attend a pro-Bush rally Saturday.

"I disagree with her claims that the president is a murderer and a liar," said James Vergauwen of Windthorst. "When you're at war, you need to be at war as a whole country and not as a divided country."

[kublia khan]

I've seen a lot of monuments to her, they are usually soft and green in the middle and show up near cowpaths. I'm not sure what it all means maybe aliens are leaving them but one thing is for sure they really smell when you step in them.

[injin]

go for it!

farmers who have nearby fields to their camp should do their
fall manure spreading now.

[etradervic]

Don't they have any sledgehammers in Texas? A flag would look great there.

[ChefKeith]

Marble is soft and fragile, Granite will last. A hammer will damage both (break the Marble, only chip the Granite) but a shotgun will just scratch the surface of Granite even with a slug unless it hits a natural fracture spot, marble a slug will make a big dent and probly fracture it.

[ChefKeith]

Wanna bet the kid just keft Uncle Ted's Ranch?

[ChefKeith]

That was splattered all over the 3 msm news last night here locally.

Scumbags!

[april15Bendovr]

[OKIEDOC]

From the photos I see the antiwar traitorous women are ugly enough to barf a buzzard off a gut wagon.

[Chode]

i'm impressed... i thought for sure the harder it was the easier it'd fracture / crater.

[chiefqc]

There already is a monument to her, It's her brave sons coffin that she has been standing on for all this time.

[ViLaLuz]

"Thank you for the photo. Shouldn't there be a ? instead of a ! after the why? Or am I being too logical?"

The same question came to my mind, too. Not very well educated, that group.

[TADSLOS]

I recommend a monument with a caste of Casey Sheehan surrounded by statues of the Flight 93 heroes, Rick Rescola, Mike Spann and SFC Paul Smith standing on either side of him with a simple inscription:

Let's Roll

Place it at the intersection of Ave G and Wets 5th St in Crawford.

[finnman69]