Eleven years ago this past weekend, on Jan. 8, a gunman opened fire at a political event in Arizona. That moment in 2011 underscored both the dangerous divisions and the epidemic of gun violence in America. Stephanie Sy visits Tucson, where a Jan. 8 memorial is steeped in symbolism starting with its location. It's part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
JAN. 8 ANNIVERSARY: New memorial is celebration of life, spirituality, reflection and mourning
JAN. 8 ANNIVERSARY: New memorial celebration of life, spirituality and reflection By Damien Alameda | January 8, 2021 at 4:34 PM MST - Updated January 8 at 6:07 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Some call it a place of spirituality, reflection or even mourning.
But for the designers of the January 8 Memorial, it is also a celebration of life.
“Memorials are a really unique project type,” said architect Tina Chee. “It requires many layers of meaning.”
Chee and partner Marc Salette created a design layered with such meaning.
Chee Salette, their Los Angeles-based firm, beat out 59 others for the honor of creating what would become the January 8 Memorial.
americans in terms of our attitude towards people of color around the world. the two things he said that were right. he said obama is a liberal and he s a big spender. that to me is the heart and soul of the argument against obama, that s not racism. sean: the three examples, i gave you, sheila jackson lee, cohen, in this case moran all happened since the tucson memorial. here s why the words of the president ring hollow with me. he s attacked fox news, talk radio, the chamber of commerce. he s attacked karl rove. he s allowed and the democrats have orchestrated smear campaigns against the tea party. i don t think you can give me similar exam examples where conservative elected officials are doing the same thing. if they did, they would be fired. that s not true. clearly, we ve had conservative officials who talk about reload, don t
americans in terms of our attitude towards people of color around the world. the two things he said that were right. he said obama is a liberal and he s a big spender. that to me is the heart and soul of the argument against obama, that s not racism. sean: the three examples, i gave you, sheila jackson lee, cohen, in this case moran all happened since the tucson memorial. here s why the words of the president ring hollow with me. he s attacked fox news, talk radio, the chamber of commerce. he s attacked karl rove. he s allowed and the democrats have orchestrated smear campaigns against the tea party. i don t think you can give me similar exam examples where conservative elected officials are doing the same thing. if they did, they would be fired. that s not true. clearly, we ve had conservative officials who talk about reload, don t
joan, this is tough on palin. has she become the scarecrow on the right that scares people away from that terrain? you know, something like that. i hadn t thought of it quite that way, chris. i m always looking for the metaphor. i was going to say dodo bird, but i thought that would be meaner. that would be mean. scarecrow is fine. yeah, i hope she s scaring other people away from this terrain. she s been very divisive. i think the three of us would be sitting here anyway talking about how fantastic a job he did at the tucson memorial. he was presidential, personal, talked about the individuals individually. he soared that night. the best of president obama, so he didn t require sarah palin s pettiness to look good. however, he got it, and it s clearly helping him. she is the narcissist in chief, and she really shows that she doesn t understand what the