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Tom writes,

This morning we went to Grant Park (downtown Chicago) to see the Eyes Wide Open display.  A pair of boots for each American killed in Iraq.  Most had names, some had pictures, or something written.  Done by the American Friends Service Committee.

  Then we walked around the new Millenium Park secton, with the reflective Bean, and when we went back to the car, the number had already been incremented.

  This may be the only time I remember Memorial Day having any meaning for me at all.  This insanity really has to stop.

Thanks to Reuters and Jason Reed for this excellent shot of our dear old president:

As a Chicago kid, this picture makes my heart swell with pride: thousands marching down Congress Boulevard, under the El tracks, coming out at Michigan Avenue, flags waving, fists cheering, signs proclaiming… Chicago has had some of the most diverse immigration rights marches in this campaign, due to the world-wide homelands of Chicagoans, and some of the largest marches in the country, period. Thanks, AP and Charles Rex Arbogast, for a stunning shot!