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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 09:01 PM
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An idea for awareness of troop deaths in Iraq
I think we need to make displays in public spaces all over the U.S. -- 1,500 things.

For instance, take a poster board and glue 1,500 shirt buttons on it (various sizes & colors).
Header: "Here are 1,500 buttons"
Footer: "Less than the number of American men and women who have given their lives fighting in the Iraq war"

Or maybe a jar/jug filled with 1,500 of something... still less than the number of American men & women who have lost their lives in the Iraq war.

Other ideas:
* Boots on large lawns
* Tombstones (with each name)
* Helmets
* Small flags
* Crosses
* Push pins
* Paperclips
* Pennies
* Gloves
* Hearts

You get the idea.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 09:11 PM
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1. Now that is a great idea for a visual.
Moms, collect the marbles your kids now ignore, put them in a bucket somewhere (how big a jar is needed for 1500 marbles?), or pennies in a jar.
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 08:47 AM
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2. Yeah, I thought so
It's the comparison that brings it home... like when the newscaster says "the size of two football fields."
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:05 PM
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3. kick for a good idea 1862 exclamation points here
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 03:07 PM by uppityperson
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