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COVID Remembrance Day Event Honors Lives Lost
Santa Monica honors lives lost during the pandemic on March 1 with a COVID remembrance day and virtual event.
SANTA MONICA, CA — A heart of roses will be placed at the Building Bridges Art Exchange in Santa Monica for a COVID-19 Memorial Day Vigil Monday.
"The heart which is laid in connection to the Rose River Memorial will be a chance for people to come by, reflect and honor those we've lost," Rose River Memorial shared. "The LA vigil has been arranged by Carolyn Freyer Jones and Jill Alexander who both lost their fathers to COVID-19."
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Community members are invited to honor lives lost during the pandemic as the Rose River Memorial project continues in Santa Monica and now travels to Orange County Museum of Art this week.
Each red felt rose honors a memory, a life lost. It started with just a few handmade, red felt roses, but the Rose River Memorial has now grown to signify the thousands who have died in the coronavirus pandemic, artist and creator Marcos Lutyens told Patch.
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This is all part of a movement to have a national day of remembrance in the U.S.
A virtual event will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. It's hosted by Marked by COVID and Reimagine for the launch of the COVID Memorial Day on March 1 across the country.
This special event will include a vigil and stories from organizers across the country.
More than 60 grassroots COVID Memorial Day events are planned across the country on March 1 in solidarity and to call for a national holiday and permanent memorials, organizers said. It's part of a push to honor lives lost to the virus.
People can register for the free event at letsreimagine.org. Building Bridges Art Exchange is located at 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica.
You can make an appointment to visit the Rose River Memorial at Building Bridges Art Exchange via the website, or at Orange County Museum of Art.
Volunteers and handmade roses are still needed. It takes only a few minutes and the free kits are available online.
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