Vigils across state, nation back mother of dead soldier (Boston Globe)

[Ian David]

Vigils across state, nation back mother of dead soldier
Thousands support woman at Bush ranch

By Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff | August 18, 2005

With twilight and candlelight playing across solemn faces, thousands of antiwar protesters gathered at more than 50 vigils at sites from Northampton to Quincy last night, in solidarity with a mother of four from California who has camped outside President Bush's ranch in Texas for 10 days and who vows to remain until he explains why her soldier son had to die.

The number of hastily organized protests across the state and the country -- more than 50,000 registered for 1,627 vigils across the United States, the political action group Moveon.org said on its website -- showed a new depth of feeling against the war that has coalesced around Cindy Sheehan and her protest in Crawford, Texas, organizers said.

In Cambridge alone, five separate vigils were scheduled for last night. In some cases, the gatherings were intimate, no more than extended groups of friends gathering outside an apartment, but many were large and were held in public spaces.

In Somerville, about 250 people attended a gathering called ''Davis Square Supports Cindy Sheehan," the 48-year-old mother of Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, who died last year in Sadr City, Iraq. Many held candles, and one protester held a sign that read: ''Honk if the War Makes You Sick."

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Another 75 or so protesters met on the Wollaston Beach seawall in Quincy, holding antiwar signs as cars passed. Organizer Helene Sansoucy of Quincy said she was ''just fed up" with the conflict in Iraq.
Not true. We counted over 140.

''When we went into Afghanistan, that had some logic," said Sansoucy, who wore a ''War is not the answer" button. ''But to say that there's a connection between 9/11 and Iraq is unbelievable."

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Pictures from Cindy Vigil, Quincy Massachusetts. Over 140 attending
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2016518&mesg_id=2016518



On edit: I'm a little upset about this photo in The Globe.



Tell me how some of those "aiding the terrorists" assholes will read this. (Muslim Woman = Terrorist) + Peace Rally = Pro-Terrorist Rally.