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Images of Independence - Four Days of the Fourth, Philadelphia, July 1-4, 2005

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Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War in Iraq

Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War in Iraq at the Independence Visitor Center, Philadelphia, PA

Photo by John Fischer
Eyes Wide Open is the American Friends Service Committee's widely acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq war. It commemorates all the lives lost in the war. The exhibit was featured on the grounds of the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia over the four day Fourth of July weekend.

The exhibit includes a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty as well as a field of shoes and a wall of remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict. In addition, a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war is featured.

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