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Monday, August 22, 2005
Camp Casey I
August 22, 2005
On Monday, the 22nd, we drove over to visit Camp Casey I - the location where Cindy Sheehan began this adventure by camping out in a ditch by the side of the road. Now tents and memorials sit here, side by side for about a block. It is kind of hectic here, because we are not allowed to stop in the street and there is not a lot of room to park. We did park further down the road - in a ditch and checked out the different tables and memorials. We met a couple of women whose sons died in Iraq. One woman's son was 37 and in the National Guard when he was killed. These are kind, powerful women. As we walked around, a car pulled up. Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. Congresswoman from Houston, stepped out. There were three family members who had lost loved ones and two women with family in Iraq there at the time. Sheila walked up to each one, heard their story, hugged them, and gave her apologies for their losses. She said that this war is a mistake and we need to figure out a way out. She said that congress should not have a vacation until they can figure out a way to stop the deaths of our sons and daughters. We couldn't help but have tears - the poignancy of witnessing these people finally receiving an acknowledgement and apology from someone in our government... The families who have suffered this kind of loss deserve nothing less than that.
On Monday, the 22nd, we drove over to visit Camp Casey I - the location where Cindy Sheehan began this adventure by camping out in a ditch by the side of the road. Now tents and memorials sit here, side by side for about a block. It is kind of hectic here, because we are not allowed to stop in the street and there is not a lot of room to park. We did park further down the road - in a ditch and checked out the different tables and memorials. We met a couple of women whose sons died in Iraq. One woman's son was 37 and in the National Guard when he was killed. These are kind, powerful women. As we walked around, a car pulled up. Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. Congresswoman from Houston, stepped out. There were three family members who had lost loved ones and two women with family in Iraq there at the time. Sheila walked up to each one, heard their story, hugged them, and gave her apologies for their losses. She said that this war is a mistake and we need to figure out a way out. She said that congress should not have a vacation until they can figure out a way to stop the deaths of our sons and daughters. We couldn't help but have tears - the poignancy of witnessing these people finally receiving an acknowledgement and apology from someone in our government... The families who have suffered this kind of loss deserve nothing less than that.
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