For An Iraq War Memorial

[babylonsister]

For An Iraq War Memorial
by Sherwood Ross | August 3, 2008


Why shouldn't there be a war memorial on the National Mall in Washington to commemorate those who have died in the Iraq war?

It could be a simple concrete wall five stories high onto which the photographs of those killed in Iraq would be projected.

After dark, somewhere between the illuminated Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, the Iraq Wall would come to life. It might be a good idea to site it facing the White House so that it would always be visible to future presidents.

Each photograph of a slain person would be shown for a minute or two, as though to remind us: "I was alive once. Remember me."

If their families so wished, the photographs of every GI killed could be shown. So could the photographs of every Iraqi man, woman, and child killed.

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After all the one million, two hundred thousand photographs have been displayed on the wall, the pictures would be replayed from the start. Faces of those that have recently died of their wounds could be inserted at the beginning of the next cycle.

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[Demeter]

1. Fascinating Concept

A technological hairshirt. Worth a try.

[liberal N proud]

2. On the Elipse, just south of the White House.