Posted on 11/25/2005 5:08:23 PM PST by digger48
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."
Man..
What a puss!
It'd make a train take a dirt road..
Ms.B
My 76 year old mother wants to drive down from Dallas tomorrow and get rid of it!
She drives and I'll bring the sledge hammer.
What is on the backside of the marker that they are all staring at? I can't see it from here.
What a face!Is there an assistant off camera pinching her with a visegrip?
She should put some ice on that.
they prolly used sandstone cause they know marble or granite won't last anylonger anyway... a hammer or a shotgun don't know the differrence and can make it go away over night. i give it three months. but it'll prolly get wizzed on MUCH sooner than that!!! 8^)
Works for me! She is seriously making the drive down here, and she's spitting mad. She planned on being here tomorrow anyway, but now her trip has purpose. I've never seen her dislike anybody as much as Cindy Sheehan. Not sure if I can hold her back, haha.
That would work, if we could find something that can get that up to a decent velocity.
Her generation saw it all-the depression, WWII, Korea, etc. I can see why she is worked up over this. I hope she gives it to em good!!!!
It looks like a tombstone.
dude wheres the barf alert i just ate :-)
Not to mention her three sons (my brothers) and my dad all proudly served. One of my brothers and his wife are active duty. The more I look at this thing the angrier I get. The people of Crawford don't deserve to be punished with this. It doesn't reflect the prevailing sentiments of the community. Sensing I need to take a chill pill before I get myself in trouble.
I was thinking more along the line of chisels. You know, so that we can chip off pieces to take home as souveniers. Like what they did to the Berlin Wall.
If Elmer Fudd had a sister......
I've had my share of trouble with war-protesters. I even had one chasing me because I grabbed his miserable sign and took off with it and destroyed it. The thing is the war-protester was about 6'2" and I am only a 5'3" woman. I wasn't sure what this "peacelover" was going to do if he caught me so I out ran the bastard.
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