Flags displayed on National Mall in honor of 600,000+ COVID-19 deaths in U.S.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A new art exhibition is being installed on the National Mall that features more than 600,000 white flags, each one representing a life lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. during the pandemic.
Volunteers plant white flags on the National Mall on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, for the In America: Remember public art installation commemorating all Americans who have died due to COVID-19. More than 640,000 white flags on 20 acres of the National
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 15: Volunteers plant white flags on the National Mall on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, for the In America: Remember public art installation commemorating all Americans who have died due to COVID-19. More than 640,000 white flag
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: Landscape workers place white flags on the National Mall for Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s art installation ‘In America: Remember' on September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. A total of 650,000 white flags will cover the N
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: White flags cover a section of the National Mall as landscape workers continue to plant them for Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s art installation ‘In America: Remember' on September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. A total of
The display, called In America: Remember, is being organized by D.C. artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg.
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The exhibition will be on display Friday, Sept. 17 through Sunday, Oct. 3 next to the Washington Monument and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Visitors are encouraged to write a note or dedication on individual flags to honor those whose lives have been lost to COVID-19.
Those who cannot visit in person can dedicate a flag by filling out this form until September 30th, and it will appear in physical form on the National Mall.
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The flag display will be open weekdays from 10 a.m. to sunset and weekends from 9 a.m. to sunset.