Arlington Midwest |
Lucas County Courthouse |
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. |
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn |
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.
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March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn |
March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn |
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.
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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.
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March 19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn 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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