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The COVID-19 pandemic has now killed more than 400,000 people in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
The tragic milestone was marked by a solemn nighttime ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where 400 lights that lined the iconic reflecting pool at the front of the memorial were turned on to honor the lives lost.
The ceremony was led by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on the eve of their inauguration as the nation’s next president and vice-president.
“It s hard sometimes to remember, but that s how we heal. It s important to do that as a nation, the president-elect said in brief remarks.
With a promise to heal America, which in recent months witnessed a chaotic election and messy transition of power, Joseph R Biden will take the oath to become
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Patti Smith is marking Inauguration Day with a rendition of
The People Have the Power, the rousing song she co-wrote with her late husband Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith in 1988. Smith and her band specially recorded the new version in New York last week. “It’s a beautiful night, we have a new president and vice president and our democracy seems to be quite intact,” she says in the video. The 30-minute presentation combines music with poetry and will be free to watch on the CIRCA YouTube channel at 20:21 GMT/15:21 EST on 20 January.
The video also includes Smith s performance of
Grateful (2000), and both songs are set against a montage that pays homage to individuals and organisations past and present who have used their voices to create a better future. These include Shirley Chisholm, the first black Congresswoman; the environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg; Vice President-elect Kamala Harris; the anti-gun activist Naomi Wadler; as well as the Soup Kitchen in Holborn; the Eme