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May 24-28, 2007
The last full Eyes Wide Open exhibit was held in Grant Park over Memorial Day Weekend.
Boots and shoes filled the Federal Plaza.
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One man at the plaza, who appeared to be homeless, removed a good pair of leather shoes from his feet and placed them on the pile representing the deaths of Iraqi civilians. He then pulled a pair of worn out sneakers from his backpack to wear, and moved on. Illinois Senator Richard Durbin stopped to see the exhibit and chat with AFSC staff and military families.
A family member who visited the exhibit told a group of AFSC supporters that if it were not for Eyes Wide Open, he might have “gone crazy” with the anger and frustration he had been feeling about the war.
Build war memorial during war
This op-ed piece by Michael McConnell first appeared in the Chicago Tribune and has been reprinted in several other papers nationwide - first run September 12, 2004
Because the Vietnam War still haunts elections, perhaps it and the current war should haunt our souls as well. I remember listening to the nightly newscasters in 1968 dutifully reporting the daily body counts from Vietnam. Did the numbers numb the nation or provoke a generation into opposition to the war? ... Read full piece >
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| All photos by Marq Anderson | |