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Article: Protesters arrested; Anti-war Sheehan among 400 held at White House, Pentagon.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2005
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Byline: Gary Emerling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
More than 400 anti-war demonstrators - including so-called "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan - were arrested yesterday during protests at the White House and the Pentagon.
Mrs. Sheehan, who has used her son's death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, and hundreds of others marched along the pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. At the front of the White House, dozens sat on the sidewalk, knowing that they would be arrested, and began singing and chanting "Stop the war now."
Others grabbed hold of the iron fence along the White House front lawn and plastered signs on it, one of which read "Remember the ...