d  a  v  i  s      b  i  r  k  s DOLLAR WAR MONUMENT,  2009 According to Congressional Research Services concerning the amount of money spent on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the following sums have been calculated as of March, 29, 2011:  $806 billion for Iraq; $444 billion for Afghanistan; $29 billion for enhanced security and $6 billion of unallocated funds. DOLLAR WAR MONUMENT is in response to this astronomical expenditure. The forms of two soldiers aiming weapons at each other have been cut out of the currency and folded down to represent their deaths. The open holes that remain deface the U.S. dollar bill just as the money spent for these wars maims our economic and moral stability. Davis Birks, 2011 DOLLAR WAR MONUMENT,  2009   cut U.S. one dollar bill,  6.7 x 15.5 x 6 cm. © 2011 Davis Birks. All rights reserved.