Thousands attend vigils to back mother's protest

[steve2470]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/18/news/VIGILS.php

By Elisabeth Bumiller The New York Times

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2005


CRAWFORD, Texas


Supporters of Cindy Sheehan have held more than 1,500 candlelight vigils across the United States in solidarity with this mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, who has set up a protest encampment down the road from President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford.

The vigils, coordinated by the advocacy group MoveOn.org, were held on Wednesday night at locations ranging from Lafayette Park near the White House and Rockefeller Center in New York to Clover Park in Santa Monica, California.

Organizers said that tens of thousands of people had attended and that the response showed how Sheehan had become a catalyst for an antiwar movement that had been relatively unfocused since the 2004 presidential campaign.

"She's like a herald, waking everybody up," said Tom Matzzie, the Washington director for MoveOn.org.

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[texastoast]

1. Funny

No mainstream news coverage of thousands and thousands of people attending vigils. I didn't see it on my news last night.

And I attended one.

Hmm.

:shrug:

[Bryn]

2. Miami Covered the news of vigils

I couldn't attend one as I had to work, but I saw on TV news (local) showing so many people in Miami holding signs in support of Cindy. It was GREAT!! :)

[SuffragetteSal]

3. Salem Oregon good turnout - photo

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