Hours after the United States surpassed 400,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and as vaccine distribution continued across the country, the country s next leaders marked the grim milestone with a memorial service in the nation s capital.
At a solemn ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris each took turns Tuesday night memorializing COVID-19 s victims. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Nurse Lori Marie Key sang Amazing Grace, performer Yolanda Adams sang Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah and Cardinal Wilton Gregory gave the invocation.