Six years. Nearly $607 billion dollars. 4260 American soldiers. Nearly 100,000 (or more) Iraqi citizens. 317 Coalition forces. 167 Journalists. More than 447 contractors.
U.S. servicemen & woman killed in Iraq: 4377 Coalition forces (other than U.S.):318 Contractors:462+(exact count unknown) Journalists: 139 journalistsplus 51 media workers
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Fold Cranes for the Project
If you want to help out and fold waxed paper cranes to contribute to the project, your help will be truly appreciated. Use waxed paper or deli paper, cut into a 4" square. No need to do the final step of opening out the wings. They mail better flat!
Crane(s) can be mailed to: The Crane Project P.O. Box 2924 Acton, MA 01720-6924
One crane. Ten cranes. One hundred cranes. Or one thousand cranes. Any and all contributions will be appreciated. Your effort and energy will make the project richer and better.
This project uses the symbol of peace and of long life to tell the story of loss in Iraq. The soldiers who lost their life in Iraq, the citizens of Iraq who died as a result of the conflict, the journalist covering the war who were killed doing their jobs. Different parties, with different interests. But all human beings, with lives ended too soon for those who love them and knew them.
Polymer clay cranes are being folded, with information about each individual, for the soldiers. They will be hung in strands to represent each week in the war, in order to present the passage of time, as well as a visual representation of their numbers.
Waxed paper cranes are being folded by volunteers across the country. These cranes will represent the Iraqis who have lost their lives. A count by the Iraq Body Count project is shown below. This is considered to be a conservative estimate.
Cranes will also be folded from newspaper stories about the war to represent journalists who lost their lives in Iraq. Without journalists telling the story, we would know even less about the cost of war.
This project has not yet found a home. If you have a place to exhibit it, please contact me. I would love to see it in multiple locations, eventually.
If you would like to help with folding cranes, please contact me, and I will be happy to give you whatever guidance or other support you might need. This project is dependent upon the help of others to complete the massive numbers of paper cranes that need to be folded. Consider folding a crane as a way of honoring a life, and of making a contribution to a larger statement about the cost of war.
Finally, if you are able to help financially support this project, please make a donation using the button above.
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