"Iraq Body Count Exhibit" Needs your Help
Liisa, 09.04.2008 19:48
Volunteers are need to help set up the "Iraq Body Count Exhibit" at SOU on Saturday, April 26th. Meet in front of the Church Hill Hall at 9am.
War Aware Exhibit Visits the Southern Oregon University Campus
(Ashland, Ore.) – Southern Oregon University (SOU) will host the “Iraq Body Count Exhibit” Saturday, April 26 on the SOU Ashland campus. The exhibit uses small lawn flags to visually demonstrate the number of lives lost during the Iraq war.
Over 125,000 flags will be planted in the SOU lawn facing Siskiyou Boulevard.
With one flag representing five dead, roughly 120,000 white flags will signify more than 600,000 Iraqi causalities. Approximately 800 red flags will symbolize the 4,000 U.S. soldiers lost.
Over 100 volunteers will be needed to implement the exhibit. Those interested in helping to setup the display are asked to gather in front of Church Hill Hall at 9AM on April 26.
The flag exhibit started on the University if Colorado on Boulder campus in 2006. Soon after, the exhibit gained national recognition. In 2007, the exhibit visited Washington DC. The flag exhibit is coming to Ashland after being displayed on the Portland State University campus.
The “Iraq Body Count Exhibit” is sponsored by the SOU student organization Students for Truth along with the Ashland nonprofit Peace House.
“The sight of the sheer volume of flags representing the lives of the civilians lost in the war is a real spiritual experience,” said Irene Kai, an Ashland artist and organizer for the Ashland flag display. “The exhibit is not political. The viewers just experience an overwhelming sense of loss. They will draw their own conclusions.”
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Youtube from PSU exhibit 09.04.2008 - 20:19 check out this youtube video from the Portland State exhibit:  http://youtube.com/watch?v=y94sdHBlCpA&feature=related
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