President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris participated in a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by COVID-19.
Tonight will begin healing together: Biden, Harris pay tribute to Americans who died of COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Jan 20, 2021 06:53 IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday (local time) paid tribute to the thousands of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic at a memorial held by the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall in Washington. To heal, we must remember, the President-elect said. It is hard sometimes to remember, but that is how we heal. It is important to do that as a nation. That is why we are here today. Between sundown and dusk, let us shine the lights in the darkness along this sacred pool of reflection and remember all that we have lost.
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‘To heal, we must remember,’ Biden says during COVID-19 memorial
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris honored Americans who have died due to coronavirus with a tribute in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.Alex Brandon/AP
On the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the United States, he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris participated in a national memorial at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to honor the more than 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.
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Lights surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, placed as a memorial to COVID-19 victims, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris attend a lighting memorial ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, in honor of those we've lost to COVID-19.