A year after her first protest against the war in Iraq attracted thousands of people, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil in President Bush’s adopted hometown Sunday–this time on land she helped buy for the peace movement.
“Last summer, we made a commitment to be here every time George Bush was supposed to be on vacation because he never met with me last summer. The troops are still in Iraq,” Sheehan said. “We’re going to be doing it until our goals are accomplished.”
White House spokesman Tony Snow has said that neither Bush nor his staff plan to meet with Sheehan.
About 50 demonstrators attended an interfaith service Sunday on the 5 acres the group recently bought with insurance money Sheehan received after her oldest son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004. The land, featuring a field and groves of trees, is near downtown and about 7 miles from the Bush ranch.
Sheehan told the group “our hearts are connected,” regardless of people’s races, countries or religions.
As she spoke, William McGlothlin of Marked Tree, Ark., disrupted the service with loud questions and shouts of “This is unpatriotic!” before he was asked to leave.
Sheehan said she expected more war opponents to arrive throughout the month.
