Arlington Midwest
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Arlington Midwest

Lucas County Courthouse


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In a manner similar to permanent war

memorials, is a place to

mourn, reflect, contemplate, grieve, meditate;

to honor and acknowledge

those who've lost their lives;

and to reflect upon the costs of war.


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Also is intended to draw public attention to,

and to open a discourse on the subject of

both military and civilian deaths

during the invasion and occupation of Iraq.


This traveling exhibit, meant to show the human cost of war and to honor the fallen U.S. service members of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, is built primarily of recycled materials and maintained by a volunteer workforce. Arlington Midwest includes a simulated tombstone with name, rank, age and home state for each fallen U.S. service member. If your organization is interested in hosting Arlington Midwest, please email Jeff.


Most recently displayed on the lawn of the Lucas County Courthouse, March 19-24, 2007, Arlington Midwest marked the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War by exhibiting more than 3,700 tombstones representing U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Death as fer as the eye
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn



Arial View 1 Ariel View 2
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
Arial views might give you an idea how much area 3700 "simulated" tumbstones covers. If these were as real as the deaths they represent, one can only imagine.



Human Cost
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn



Visitors Browsing
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn



Unacknowledged Suicides
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
This display represents those U.S. service members who have returned to the United States to take their life by their own hands—deaths, which although directly caused by these wars, are never acknowledged by government officials. These veterans are not listed officially as casualties.



New Casualties
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
This display represents U.S. sevvice members who lost their lives in the few days the exhibit was up.



Iraqi Casualties
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
Iraqi Exhibit
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
This display represents the human cost in Iraqi casualties. Ascending polls with known names and ages of Iraqis who have died in the conflict. You would have to walk around this display 177 times to reach the estimated number of 655,000 lost in this tragic war.



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