Eyes Wide Open Exhibition Comes to Iowa This Week
July 11-17, 2005
Eyes
Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely-acclaimed
exhibition on the human cost of Bush's War, features a pair of boots
honoring each U.S. military casualty, a field of shoes and a Wall of
Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a
multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the
war.
Davenport, IA
Monday, July 11th
Lindsey Park, East Village
6:00 – 8:00 pm
For more information, call Monica at 563-322-4628
Cedar Falls, IA
Tuesday, July 12th
Cedar Falls Public Library
Noon – 5:00 pm
For more information, call Chris at 319-415-1400
Iowa City, IA
Wednesday, July 13th
Pentacrest, University of Iowa
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM,
For more information, Ann at 319-337-5463
or Maureen at 319-828-4789
Des Moines, IA
Friday, July 15 – Sunday, July 17
Nollen Plaza (Fri./Sat. – map)
(Sunday location TBA)
For further information about the Iowa display (including maps to the locations), click here.
Click here to sign the Iraq Peace Petition.
Submitted by Patrick Stansberry in Marshalltown
Blog For Iowa 
This was a very sobering experience to see the rows and rows of boots with name tags on them. I attended the one in Davenport at beautiful Lindsey Park overlooking the Mississippi River. We listened as the names of the dead were read for 2 hours. Many were in their 20's. Even a few in their 40's and I saw one tag of a man in his 60's.
Several people read the names of the Americans killed in the war. Also read by others was a list of Iraqi citizens who have died.
Most heart-wrentching was listening to Monica Kirth (one of the local organizers) read the name of a one year old Iarqi girl…..
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