8.25.2005
Sheehan Returns to Crawford (CNN.com)
Dead soldier's mom resumes anti-war vigil before Bush returns
Thursday, August 25, 2005 Posted: 0212 GMT (1012 HKT)
About 40 supporters, and a couple of Bush supporters, greeted Sheehan's return to "Camp Casey," outside Bush's property. The protest site, made up of two campsites, is named after her 24-year-old son, an Army mechanic killed in Baghdad last year.
While she was away, Sheehan's supporters erected a 10-by-10-foot banner with the dates of her son's birth and death and the words: "In loving memory of Army Specialist Casey A. Sheehan."
Sheehan broke down in tears upon seeing it, prompting first aid treatment by medical personnel.
The campsites are lined with crosses bearing the names of American troops killed in Iraq, and Sheehan laid flowers and kissed the markers bearing her son's name.
Since Sheehan left the camp last week when her mother suffered a stroke, Bush has also left his ranch to give two speeches reinforcing why the administration believes it would be wrong to pull out of Iraq at the moment. (Full story)
(More ... CNN.com - Sheehan returns to Crawford - Aug 24, 2005 ¶ 15:10
Thursday, August 25, 2005 Posted: 0212 GMT (1012 HKT)
About 40 supporters, and a couple of Bush supporters, greeted Sheehan's return to "Camp Casey," outside Bush's property. The protest site, made up of two campsites, is named after her 24-year-old son, an Army mechanic killed in Baghdad last year.
While she was away, Sheehan's supporters erected a 10-by-10-foot banner with the dates of her son's birth and death and the words: "In loving memory of Army Specialist Casey A. Sheehan."
Sheehan broke down in tears upon seeing it, prompting first aid treatment by medical personnel.
The campsites are lined with crosses bearing the names of American troops killed in Iraq, and Sheehan laid flowers and kissed the markers bearing her son's name.
Since Sheehan left the camp last week when her mother suffered a stroke, Bush has also left his ranch to give two speeches reinforcing why the administration believes it would be wrong to pull out of Iraq at the moment. (Full story)
(More ... CNN.com - Sheehan returns to Crawford - Aug 24, 2005 ¶ 15:10
