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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Biceps
Eyes Wide Open
After carrying bags and bags of civilian shoes and containers and containers of soldier's boots yesterday, my biceps are sore and worthless this morning. Maybe this will motivate me to start pushing some arm weights!
2748 pairs of boots. Most of the boots were donated - some are as old as WWII - so they did not belong to the soldiers whose names are attached to them. Each pair of boots is only representing a soldier - giving us something to see when there is nothing left to see.
2748 pairs of boots. The number keeps growing. More pairs of boots have to be tagged and added to the display at every stop of the exhibit.
Some boots have a photo attached, given by the family. One pair that I placed had not only a photo, but also 3 or 4 pages of information on the person and statements about the war. This person was a 20-year-old woman. I was sure to take a lot of time arranging the photo and pages to look nice and so that a passer-by could see the photo first thing. This woman was very pretty - and young.
A few pairs of boots are displayed separately. These are the actual boots of the soldier - donated by his/her family. Casey Sheehan's boots are there.
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice has some photos taken yesterday during the set-up. I notice that there are no photos of the civilian shoes that represent the 200,000 or so Iraqis who have died in our war and occupation. I'll be taking photos today.
My friend, Gaye, who I traveled with to Camp Casey this past Easter spoke at the press conference yesterday. The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News carried stories on it.
If you live in the Denver area, please stop by to see the exhibit. It runs from 7 - 7 today (Tuesday) and from 7 - 2 or 3 tomorrow. Tonight at 7, all are welcome to join us at the exhibit as we stand in a silent candlelight vigil.
After carrying bags and bags of civilian shoes and containers and containers of soldier's boots yesterday, my biceps are sore and worthless this morning. Maybe this will motivate me to start pushing some arm weights!
2748 pairs of boots. Most of the boots were donated - some are as old as WWII - so they did not belong to the soldiers whose names are attached to them. Each pair of boots is only representing a soldier - giving us something to see when there is nothing left to see.
2748 pairs of boots. The number keeps growing. More pairs of boots have to be tagged and added to the display at every stop of the exhibit.
Some boots have a photo attached, given by the family. One pair that I placed had not only a photo, but also 3 or 4 pages of information on the person and statements about the war. This person was a 20-year-old woman. I was sure to take a lot of time arranging the photo and pages to look nice and so that a passer-by could see the photo first thing. This woman was very pretty - and young.
A few pairs of boots are displayed separately. These are the actual boots of the soldier - donated by his/her family. Casey Sheehan's boots are there.
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice has some photos taken yesterday during the set-up. I notice that there are no photos of the civilian shoes that represent the 200,000 or so Iraqis who have died in our war and occupation. I'll be taking photos today.
My friend, Gaye, who I traveled with to Camp Casey this past Easter spoke at the press conference yesterday. The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News carried stories on it.
If you live in the Denver area, please stop by to see the exhibit. It runs from 7 - 7 today (Tuesday) and from 7 - 2 or 3 tomorrow. Tonight at 7, all are welcome to join us at the exhibit as we stand in a silent candlelight vigil.
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