Iraq Deaths
Recent news has reported that, unfortunately, we have lost 2000 souls to the war in Iraq. Outside of Saratoga Springs, NY, on Route 29 West there is a guy who plants yellow flags for each US serviceman who has died. He updates the count banner (center top of picture) once a week. Pat and I took this picture on September 18, 2005. At that time, the count was 1881. If you are having trouble seeing it, just double click on the picture to view it at full size.
This past weekend, Pat and I went to Potsdam, NY to visit her son, Zac, at Clarkson University. While we were there on Saturday walking around town in the morning, we went over to SUNY Potsdam and found another Iraq memorial that used 1/8" diameter wooden dowel rod stuck in the ground to represent Us servicemen, Coalition forces and Iraq personnel that have died in the war. As of October 8, 2005, when this exhibit was erected, the estimate was 28 - 29,000 people. Here is a shot of part of the exhibit. Pat was wondering what it is going to look like in the Spring after the snow has its way with all of these dowel rods.
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