Silence of the Dead - Voices of the Living

On Mother's Day weekend, Gold Star Families, Vets from Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and other conflicts, Military Families, Surviving Family Members from 9/11 and the American Friends Service Committee brought a human face of the current War in Iraq to the Mall in Washington DC.

As I got off of the Metro at the Smithsonian Station on Friday afternoon, I saw row upon row of empty combat boots. These boots, placed at precise intervals, represented the 2437 members of the Military that had given their lives in Iraq. In several winding paths, hundreds of empty shoes, many woman's and childen's shoes, represented the innocent Iraqi civilians who have died. In the center of the display, stood a large pictogram featuring portraits of Iraqi people, smiling and going about the business of life. The inside of the pictogram told the story of war and occupation.

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