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| Picture: Yago, 11th November 2013 |
Pass by a particular tree outside the main entrance to
the cafeteria and you might hear the distinct tinkling of a sound similar to
wind-chimes in the Fall breeze. Pass by closer and you see the sound comes from
a myriad of dog tags resting on the branches.
The dog tags commemorate United States veterans’ lives
— lives lost each day of the year due to war veterans committing suicide.
Michael McAndrew and Katrina Gehman, two graduate students at the Center for
Justice and Peacebuilding, have undertaken an independent project to raise
awareness for veterans suffering from PTSD related traumas.
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| Picture: Yago, 11th November 2013 |
Every single day of the month of November, they will hang twenty-two dog tags on a branch which signifies the number of veteran’s deaths from suicide which occur every day in the United States.
In an
email sent to all students, McAndrew and Gehman state that, “Not all casualties
of war are left on the battlefield. Coming home from war can be as
difficult as going to war.”
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| Picture: Yago, 11th November 2013 |
