The Fallen 9000

[SlackerDrummer]

Thought some of you might find this interesting. More photos on the site.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/the-fallen-9000/

This past weekend British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into the sand. Titled The Fallen 9000, the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of the civillians, Germans and allied forces who died during the D-Day beach landings at Arromanches on June 6th, 1944 during WWII. The original team consisted of 60 volunteers, but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide.

[tulloch]

Very powerful. Thanks for posting that.

[English Bloke]

Goodness!!

Lest we forget.

[Liam]

While this is powerful, to put things into perspective please see this:

http://doinghistoryproject.tripod.com/id28.html

[TheOfficialBren]

Goodness!!

Lest we forget.

Aye! Lest we forget.

An excellent post. Thank you.