A nationwide tribute to honor those who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic began at 3:30pm Billings time today (Tuesday 1/19), and the illuminated teepees on Sacrifice Cliff will be part of this memorial tonight.
According to a press release from the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC), the teepees will light up from dusk to dawn for the National Moment of Unity and Remembrance, part of the Inauguration ceremonies for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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The lighting of the teepees on Sacrifice Cliff at Swords Park will honor those lost to the coronavirus and those lost to another pandemic brought almost two centuries ago to our Native lands, according to the press release.
At national memorial, Cardinal Gregory prays for all who died of COVID-19
The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected at the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Jan. 19, 2021, after President-elect Joe Biden hosted a memorial honoring those who died from the coronavirus disease. (CNS photo/Callaghan O Hare, Reuters)
By Richard Szczepanowski • Catholic News Service • Posted January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) Saying the nation “reverently pauses in supplication to remember and to pray for the many thousands of people who have died from the coronavirus during this past year,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at a pre-inauguration memorial service Jan. 19 to honor and remember the more than 400,000 Americans who have succumbed to COVID-19.