[HCCN] Iraq War Dead Memorial, Blue Hill, Memorial Day Weekend

[Judith Robbins]

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



PENINSULA PEACE & JUSTICE

TO CREATE IRAQ WAR DEAD MEMORIAL



May 10,  2010



BLUE HILL –  On Memorial Day weekend, members of Peninsula Peace &  
Justice will re-create the Iraq War Dead Memorial on Main Street in  
Blue Hill. Since 2005 this Memorial has been established as a  
remembrance of the lives lost in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The  
field, which is located on the property of Rufus Wanning, is planted  
with white flags, each representing one US soldier killed. A sign in  
the field reads: “In This Place We Remember Those Lives Lost in  
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.” The number of US lives lost is  
updated periodically. The memorial also represents “more than 1.3  
million civilians.”



According to Bonnie Preston, an organizer for Peninsula Peace &  
Justice: “When the project was begun, about 1800 flags were  
installed. This year we will be using almost 6,000, and the field is  
being redesigned to accommodate that many. It’s heartbreaking.  A 21- 
year-old soldier from Waterville was killed in Helmand Province,  
Afghanistan, just last week.” Blue Dirigo flags are planted for each  
of the 43 Maine military service personnel who have been killed since  
2001.



The field is located between the Blue Hill Library and the Blue Hill  
Congregational Church. The event will take place on Saturday, May 29,  
from 10:00 to 12:00. Everyone is invited to participate. A rain date  
is planned for Sunday May 30. For more information, contact 326-4405.





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  Peninsula Peace & Justice, P.O. Box 1515, Blue Hill Maine 04614

  
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