http://johnconyers.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BB3B4897A-CB91-40F3-B8BF-C52536507A4A%7D8/14 - Boston Herald - Hub protestors stand with dead vets mom
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Boston Herald
August 14, 2005
Section: News
Hub protesters stand with dead vet's mom
O'Ryan Johnson
We're here for Cindy.
That was the message yesterday as about 150 protesters gathered on the Boston Common in a show of solidarity with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a dead Marine. Sheehan is camped outside of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, waiting for the commander-in-chief to explain to her in person why her son was killed.
"Mr. Bush can't hide forever," said Rose Gonzalez, whose own mother is serving with a National Guard unit north of Baghdad.
Protesters wore stickers that featured a picture of Sheehan over the words, "I support Cindy."
"Why did you make this war?" asked Paul Brailsford, 89, of Ipswich, a World War II veteran of the Merchant Marines. "Did you make it for oil? Let's get one big cheer for Cindy."
Former Navy officer Bruce Macdonald, 58, of Billerica, a member of Veterans for Peace, just returned from Texas where he joined Sheehan.
Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., set up camp last weekend on the dusty road a few miles from Bush's ranch, and the group with her has now grown to more than 100.
Macdonald described her as "one courageous mother, one committed woman."
The sign he held called on the Massachusetts congressional delegation to also meet with Sheehan.
"I think if she is entitled to get answers from President Bush, she is entitled to get answers from the legislators as to why they voted in favor of a war that sent her son off to Iraq to be killed," Macdonald said.