Mar 27, 2008
CHICAGO: Cathedral exhibit honors U.S. military deaths in Iraq
The American Friends Service Committee, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, military families and Iraq vets commemorated with prayers and reflections the milestone of the 4,000th U.S. military death in Iraq on March 24 at the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago's St. James' Cathedral.
Covering the walls of the cathedral were 4,000 4” x 6” black squares containing the name, rank, age and home state of each U.S. soldier or Marine killed in the Iraq War. They were hung in order of state on a white background representing Iraqi dead.Although estimates of Iraqi deaths vary, the World Health Organization recently reported that its research suggested that 151,000 civilians died as a result of the fighting between the start of the war and June 2006.
The display takes up all of the entire interior walls of the cathedral.
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