38 Facts About Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Lee Sheehan is an American anti-war activist, whose son, US Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War.

Cindy Sheehan was a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy.

Cindy Sheehan was born Cindy Lee Miller in Inglewood, California, in 1957.

Cindy Sheehan's father worked at the Lockheed Corporation while her mother raised her family.

Cindy Sheehan graduated with honors from Cerritos College and studied history at UCLA.

Cindy Sheehan worked as a youth minister at St Mary's Catholic Church in Vacaville, California for eight years, and coordinated an after-school program for at-risk middle school children for the City of Vacaville.

Patrick Cindy Sheehan filed for divorce on August 12,2005, citing irreconcilable differences.

Casey Austin Cindy Sheehan was a specialist in the United States Army who was killed during combat action while serving in the Iraq War.

In May 2000, Casey Cindy Sheehan enlisted in the United States Army as a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic, MOS 63B.

Cindy Sheehan reenlisted, knowing that his unit would be sent there.

Casey Cindy Sheehan is buried in Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery in Vacaville, California.

Casey Cindy Sheehan was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with V for Valor posthumously for his actions April 4,2004.

Cindy Sheehan has said she initially questioned the urgency of the invasion of Iraq but did not become active in the antiwar effort until after her son's death.

Cindy Sheehan further stated that her son's death had compelled her to speak out against the war.

Cindy Sheehan gained international attention in early August 2005, when she traveled to President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch, just outside Crawford, Texas, demanding a second meeting with the President.

In 2012, Cindy Sheehan was sued by the federal government for failure to pay back taxes.

Cindy Sheehan started her protest the day the president started a planned five-week vacation.

Cindy Sheehan spent most of the next four weeks in Crawford.

Gold Star Families for Peace, of which Cindy Sheehan is a founding member, released a TV commercial featuring Cindy Sheehan, broadcast on Crawford and Waco cable channels near Bush's ranch.

In September 2005, Cindy Sheehan moved into the Berkeley, California, home of Stephen Pearcy and Virginia Pearcy, where she lived for just over a year, during which time she wrote two books.

On October 24,2005, Cindy Sheehan said that she planned to speak at the White House and then tie herself to the fence.

Cindy Sheehan visited London in early December 2005 and was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 and by The Guardian.

Later in the evening, she attended the London Premiere of Peace Mom, a play written by Dario Fo about her, in which the role of Cindy Sheehan was played by Frances de la Tour.

Several organizations planned a hunger strike to begin on July 4,2006; Cindy Sheehan stated she would participate.

Later that month, Cindy Sheehan purchased 5 acres of land in Crawford, Texas, near Bush's private residence.

On May 26 and May 28,2007, Cindy Sheehan posted two messages to Daily Kos announcing that she was leaving the Democratic Party after the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a bill authorizing the continued funding of the war in Iraq.

Cindy Sheehan submitted her resignation as the "face" of the American antiwar movement, stating that she wanted to go home and be a mother to her surviving children.

On March 20,2010, Cindy Sheehan was again arrested in front of the White House, along with seven others, after they refused to listen to orders by officers of the United States Park Police to clear the sidewalk on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Cindy Sheehan has interviewed activists and world leaders, including Howard Zinn, Ray McGovern, Ann Wright, and Hugo Chavez.

In July 2007, Cindy Sheehan announced that she would run against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for representative of California's 8th District, based on Pelosi's failure to attempt impeachment of Bush.

Up until her run for the US Congress, Cindy Sheehan lived outside Pelosi's district, in Dixon, California; however, she moved to San Francisco's Mission District after declaring her candidacy.

Cindy Sheehan ran on a platform of single-payer health care, media reform, overturning all free trade agreements, repealing the Patriot Act, renewable energy, nationalizing oil and electricity, ending the War on Drugs, legalizing cannabis, ensuring all talks in the Middle East are fair to all parties, ending torture, closing Guantanamo Bay detention camp, overseas commitment to cleaning up Superfund sites, ending deregulation, ending No Child Left Behind, and legalizing same-sex marriage.

Barr and Cindy Sheehan were nominated by that party as its presidential ticket on August 4,2012.

Cindy Sheehan formally announced her campaign for Governor of California at a news conference Tuesday, August 27,2013 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Cindy Sheehan has, through her own blog, described herself as a socialist.

In 2010, Cindy Sheehan changed her voter registration in California and became a member of the Peace and Freedom Party.

Cindy Sheehan has expressed opposition to Covid-19 restrictions, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates.

Cindy Sheehan published a paper about former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's nursing home controversy.