PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES
Or at least, put your eyes on their shoes. Dozens of empty pairs of combat boots will fill Kelly Ingram Park on Sunday, a silent representation of the lives lost in the war in Iraq. “Eyes Wide Open: The Cost of War to Alabama” will focus primarily on fallen soldiers from Alabama, but hundreds of shoes will also be displayed in remembrance of Iraqi civilians who have also lost their lives in war. The exhibit was first displayed in 2004 at Chicago’s Federal Plaza and has since been split up into smaller segments to memorialize people from different states. The Birmingham Friends Meeting, the Birmingham Islamic Society, the Birmingham Peace Project and Pax Christi sponsor the exhibit, which will be on display from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. An interfaith memorial service will be held at the Church of the Reconciler on Saturday at 7 p.m. This marks the first time “Eyes Wide Open” will be shown in Alabama. For more information visit www.asfc.org/eyes.
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