Eyes Wide Open

By Rachelle Bowden in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 16, 2004 11:36AM

Starting today and running through Saturday, Eyes Wide Open is on display at the Peace Museum (100 North Central Park Ave.). The exhibit was unveiled by the museum in January with 504 pairs of boots symbolizing the lost lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Each week the exhibit moves to a new city and more boots are added to represent more soldiers who haved died. Next to the boots is a wall of rememberence with with the names of more than 11,000 Iraqi civilians who have been killed since the U.S.-led invasion.

Today there will be other events going on at Federal Plaza as part of the Eyes Wide Open exhibit. At 10 a.m. there will be a Press Conference followed by a reading of names from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. At 5 p.m. there will be a public gathering and then a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. Also, on Friday night there will be a Fundraising Reception at the Peace Museum.

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