Comments on: Looks Like Spring

By: Laundry List « Allandnothingatthesametime’s Weblog

Laundry List « Allandnothingatthesametime’s Weblog — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:13:34 +0000

[...] gets a second round of THANKS! It was on her blog that I saw the flags at Reed College that lead to the big war memorial project. Once again, I am [...]

By: Reva

Reva — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:04:26 +0000

I didn’t see your post til after I’d uploaded mine this afternoon on the same subject! It’s an amazingly powerful statement, isn’t it? Jerry and I noticed a stash of additional, unused flags by Eliot Hall, with a sign inviting folks to plant some of their own. The simple gesture of sticking those wires in the ground, one by one, was really a sobering experience. Made you think about each individual death that the flags represented.

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:38:22 +0000

the numbers really are mindbogging, my cousin has 2 sons in the british army one is in Iraq as I write this, thanks for showing Gerrie,

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:46:52 +0000

mom, that looks like an amazing display on the RC lawn. wow!

By: thelmasmith

thelmasmith — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:01:11 +0000

Gerrie, thank you so much for the flags. thelma

By: DebR

DebR — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:22:58 +0000

Damn, those sorts of graphic displays really show things that just reading the numbers never will. Sobering, indeed.