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Common Dreams
January 18, 2018
Cindy Sheehan. Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan who was KIA in Iraq on 04/04/04. She is a co-founder and President of Gold Star Families for Peace and the author of two books: Not One More Mother's Child and Dear President Bush.
Cape Cod Chronicle
January 4, 2017
CHATHAM — In what promises to be a memorable evening, the Chatham Orpheum Theater will hold a special screening of the new feature film “Patriots Day” on Jan. 13 as part of a fundraiser for the Arrendondo Family Foundation. The evening features a reception and post-show question and answerÃâà...
Danbury News Times
December 5, 2016
Each of the Chevrolet vehicles will transport a member of Gold Star Families for Peace, who have lost family members in the war in Iraq. Chevrolet is also donating 4,000 wreaths. “We're very honored to be sponsoring Wreaths Across America again,” Stacey Hardway, Chevrolet regional field manager, said.
East Bay Times
October 19, 2016
Sheehan was one of the founders of Gold Star Families for Peace. Betty Reid Soskin is the Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center's Peace and Justice Advocate of the Year, which she will receive at the center's 2016 Local Heroes Awards on Oct. 22, in Walnut Creek. Cindy Sheehan will receive the Mt. DiabloÃâà...
New York Times
August 1, 2016
The nonprofit also issued a statement opposing “the use of and reference to” the gold star in antiwar demonstrations by a group calling itself Gold Star Families for Peace, which was led by Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. In a statement on her blog on Monday, Ms. Sheehan called Mr.
Slate Magazine (blog)
August 1, 2016
In 2005, the emblem sneaked into the heraldry of antiwar activism with the creation of the Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization founded by Cindy and Patrick Sheehan and devoted to ending the occupation of Iraq. But perhaps one of the most interesting recent twists for the gold star—at least in theÃâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 2015
Trump. Make America great again.” The Obama administration hosted a screening of The Force Awakens at the White House on 18 December. A number of children from families whose relatives were killed in the Iraq war met US first lady Michelle Obama as part of the Gold Star Families for Peace initiative.
Chestnut Hill Local
January 30, 2015
Cindy Sheehan is a co-founder and President of Gold Star Families for Peace and the author of two books as well as the mother of Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq. by Cindy Sheehan. Ed. Note: The biggest Hollywood box office hit these days is “American Sniper,” the hagiography biopic of ChrisÃâà...
CNN
May 30, 2007
His death prompted his mother to found Gold Star Families for Peace. But in Monday's 1,200-word letter, titled, "Good Riddance Attention Whore," Sheehan announced that her son "did indeed die for nothing." "I have tried ever since he died to make his sacrifice meaningful," she wrote. "Casey died for aÃâà...
CNN
August 9, 2005
Sheehan, who co-founded the anti-war group Gold Star Families for Peace, led about 50 demonstrators near the Bush ranch Saturday. Some protesters were with the group Veterans for Peace, which was holding a convention in Dallas. The protesters stopped their bus miles from the ranch in Crawford, andÃâà...
LancasterOnline
December 31, 1999
She founded Gold Star Families for Peace and, in August of 2005, famously staged a month-long protest encampment at then-President George W. Bush's Texas ranch. This Friday, Sheehan will speak in the auditorium of St. John's Episcopal Church, 321 W. Chestnut St., about her planned Women's MarchÃâà...
