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Arlington Midwest-
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 on the costs of war.
Arlington Midwest-
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.
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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
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Arlington Midwest-
consists
of multiple sections. Below you will find examples of the
different sections that make this exhibit unique among the many like
exhibits around the country. We try to honor and show the human cost of
all the lives lost (American and Iraqi).
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March 19-24,
2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
March 19-24,
2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
The
2 Above photos "try" to capture the main part of the exhibit. In this
showing we displayed over 3700 tombstones representing the U.S. service
members lost in the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan.
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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 been 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. service members who lost their lives in the few days the exhibit
was up. Once the display is up it would be very difficult to place the
new casualties where they would go in the main section. We also think
it's important to
represent them in some way so we place the tombstones that
represent these casualties in their own display.
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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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March
19-24, 2007, Lucas County Courthouse lawn
From
time to time, a friend or family member will find a loved one's stone
and leave something to express their rememberence and feelings. We keep
those tokens and place them with their tombstone on all future exhibits.
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