HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/15/2008 05 Audience ParticipationJoin in the Memorial
You are invited to participate in
the creation of this memorial by
helping-to install the headstones.
You are also encouraged to in-
scribe a placard .with the name,
age and date of death for one or
more ...soldiers to be placed on
It requires twenty people over five
hours to setup and dismantle this
display. It also requires over $1,000
per year to store and update the
headstones used. Donations in sup-
port of this memorial are gratefully
accepted. Checks may be made out
to:
Veterans for Peace
Please respect the
dignity of this
- memorial. This is not
a political event.
Political actions,
banners, and placards
are discouraged.
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Presents
ARLINGTON
NORTHWEST
MEMORIAL
April 267-27,2008
Franklin Park
Yakima, Washington
Arlington Northwest
Memorial
The Arlington northwest display
is a traveling memorial to US
_military service members who
have died in the Iraq war. The
headstones, one for each of those
who died, are arrayed as they
would be at the Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery near Washing-
ton, DC. This is a nonpartisan
memorial designed to raise pub-
lic awareness of the cost of war
and to recognize the sacrifices
made by all involved.
War will exist until that distant
day when the conscientious objec-
tor enjoys the same reputation
and prestige that the warrior does
today.
John F. Kennedy
American Military Dead
As of April 10, 2008, the reported
US military deaths in Iraq was
49032. Of those, 3,893 have died
since George W. Bush declared
"Mission Accomplished ".
Since the start of the war in Iraq,
over 29,000 military personnel
have been wounded in combat.
Many of the wounds and condi-
tions will result in lifetime scars.
Iraqi Civilian Casualties
The Iraq Body Count website
reports between 82,725 and
90,251 Iraqi civilians have died
as a direct result of violence
stemming from the invasion and
occupation of Iraq.
An estimated 4 million Iraqis
are in refugee status, both
within Iraq and throughout the
Middle -East.
The cost of this war in death
and suffering will be a legacy
that remains for many genera-
tions.
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Veterans for Peace
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