Side
Two - March 31, 2005
How Many Empty Boots?
Eyes Wide Open,
the American Friends Service Committee’s widely-acclaimed
exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War, features a
pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a field
of shoes and a Wall of Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis
killed in the conflict, and a multimedia display exploring
the history, cost and consequences of the war.
This touring exhibit will
be at the Fisher Pavilion,
Seattle Center on April 9
& 10, 2005
Saturday, April 9th
Exhibit open 10-7
Speakers and Interfaith
Service at 2 pm
Sunday, April 10th
Exhibit open 10-6
For more information about
the exhibit or to volunteer, please email eyesseattle@afsc.org.
When this exhibit was
unveiled in January 2004, there were 504 pairs of boots
symbolizing the lost lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. With
each passing week, each stop in a new city, more pairs of
boots are added to represent the newly fallen.
As the exhibit makes its
appearances across the country, families and friends come to
grieve for lost loved ones and strangers honor those who
gave their lives to a cause far from home.
At each stop, person after
person leaves notes of commemoration, photographs of lost
soldiers, identification tags, flowers, and American flags
to accompany the boots on their journey.
Although a majority of
Americans now believe this war is a tragic misadventure,
the human cost of the Iraq War grows every day. How many
more boots will be standing at silent attention before
this war ends, before Iraqis and American soldiers are
out of harm's way?
(adapted from the AFSC
Website - www.afsc.org)
1500+ U.S. soldiers dead,
thousands injured
An estimated 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed (The
Lancet Medical Journal)
