Recent Acquisitions

Three-Thousand and Counting
Jean L. Price
Mixed media
A gift of Jean L. Price dedicated to the 4,421 service personnel and civilians who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Originally titled Two-Thousand and Counting, the museum re-dedicated this installation and re-titled the work during a special reception on Memorial Day, May 28, 2007, to reflect the rising numbers of casualties in the Iraq war. Beginning on September 1, 2010, the US Government involvement in Iraq transitioned from predominantly military to predominantly civilian emphasis renaming the mission Operation New Dawn. Losses in attributed to the reclassified mission are not included in this installation which is now complete. Total loss of US Military Service personnel numbered 4,421 during Operation Iraqi Freedom; this does not include the 13 department of defense civilians killed during the operation.