elliot organized some friends and brought the american friends service committee's eyes wide open memorial to elm park in worcester, ma yesterday.
to represent the war dead, empty boots and shoes were laid out in the grass of the park - combat boots, each one with labeled with a name and home state, to symbolize the deaths of US soldiers and unlabeled shoes to represent the iraqi civilian dead. visitors walked around and within the exhibit, some leaving a behind a picture or a flower.
