Traveling Exhibit to Commemorate U.N.'s International Day of Peace

Eyes Wide Open: New York, a traveling exhibition that is both reverent memorial and sober reminder of the human cost of war, will be available from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, on Case Green.

The exhibit, featuring soldiers' boots and civilians' shoes, is provided by the American Friends Service Committee in honor of all who have died in the war with Iraq. The exhibit includes a pair of boots with the name of each New York State soldier who has died in Iraq. The names of these soldiers will be read twice on Thursday: at 12:30 p.m. and at 5:20 p.m.

According to the American Friends Service Web site, "When this exhibit was unveiled by our Chicago office in January 2004, there were 504 pairs of boots symbolizing the lost lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. With each passing week, each stop in a new city, more pairs of boots are added to represent the newly fallen."

In case of rain, the exhibit will be displayed under the Case Center roof near the library. Skidmore's First-Year Experience, Chaplain's Office, and Intercultural Center are sponsoring the exhibit in collaboration with the Saratoga Peace Alliance.