Crawford, Texas ? Anti-war demonstrators, back in Crawford to protest during President Bush’s holiday vacation, unveiled a stone monument Friday with the words “Sheehan’s Stand” in honor of the woman who inspired their efforts.

Cindy Sheehan, who staged a 26-day protest outside Bush’s ranch in August, cried when she saw the 2-foot-high sandstone marker.

On the other side of the rectangular slab is the word “Why!” and names of more than two dozen soldiers whose families were part of the vigil. The name of Sheehan’s 24-year-old son, Casey, is among them.

“Nobody knew what was going to happen, and we made up Camp Casey as we went along, and it grew and grew and grew,” said Sheehan, of Berkeley, Calif. “We’re here to say that the killing has to stop, that we’re not going to justify any more killing on our losses.”

Peace activists John Wolf and Cindy Sheehan uncover a stone carving Friday during a dedication of the Camp Casey Memorial Garden at the Crawford Peace House. Sheehan and her supporters have resumed their war protest near President Bush's ranch in Crawford.

The marker was placed at the Crawford Peace House, which opened downtown a month after the war began in March 2003. An anti-war rally was planned for today and an interfaith service Sunday.

Several Bush supporters also gathered in Crawford on Friday with a sign reading: “The price of freedom is not free.” Hundreds were expected to attend a pro-Bush rally today.

“I disagree with her claims that the president is a murderer and a liar,” said James Vergauwen, of Windthorst. “When you’re at war, you need to be at war as a whole country and not as a divided country.”