War casualies exhibit in Hampton Roads
Updated: Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 5:30 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 3:11 PM EST
NORFOLK, Va. - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) honored fallen US military personnel and the civilian casualties of war Wednesday with its traveling exhibition 'Eyes Wide Open: The Cost of War to Virginia.'
Weather moved the one-day exhibit from Town Point Park to under the covered pavilion at Nauticus.
The exhibit includes over 125 pairs of boots representing fallen servicemen and women from Virginia, and a visual representation of the Iraqi civilian casualties. The exhibit is part of AFSC's national Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War network.
The
American Friends
Service Committee is a Quaker Organization that includes people
of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and
humanitarian service.
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