Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington

Before setting off for Washington, D.C., Cindy Sheehan reflects on the state of the nation. Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington Cindy Sheehan There is nothing unusual about the fact that I am heading to Washington, DC today. Indeed, since my son was killed in Iraq on April 04, 2004, I have been to our nation's capitol dozens of times. The first time I went to DC was exactly six months after Casey was killed. We went for an anti-war march from Arlington Cemetery to the White House, in October. I remember on that trip sitting on the path in front of the Vietnam wall, with my friend Bill Mitchell, whose son Michael was killed on the same day as Casey in Sadr City, Baghdad. We were sobbing as we placed pictures of our sons at the base of the wall to join thousands of other troops who have been sacrificed by the Military Industrial... [read full story]