Montana tribes to participate in national moment of unity by lighting teepee in Billings Nora Mabie, Great Falls Tribune
Montana tribes will participate in a national moment of unity and memorial for COVID-19 victims on Tuesday at 3 p.m. by illuminating a teepee on Sacrifice Cliff in Billings.
The teepee will be illuminated through Tuesday evening.
The national memorial, which will kick off in Washington, D.C. as part of President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration, will feature the lighting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the illumination of buildings in cities nationwide. The ceremony aims to honor those lost to COVID-19 while serving as a symbol of hope for the future.
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Biden, Harris remember coronavirus victims with vigil at Lincoln Memorial Felicia Sonmez, Colby Itkowitz, John Wagner We must remember : Biden hosts vigil for coronavirus victims
Replay Video UP NEXT President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris remembered the 400,000 people in the United States who have died of the coronavirus with a dusk vigil at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday. “To heal, we must remember. It’s hard sometimes to remember, but that’s how we heal. It’s important to do that as a nation. That’s why we’re here today,” Biden said in brief remarks on the eve of his inauguration.
Updated on January 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm
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More than a dozen sites are being illuminated in Boston Tuesday evening in solidarity with cities across the nation memorializing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that it would host the COVID-19 Memorial in honor of those who have died from the coronavirus the day before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office.
The committee invited cities and towns around the country to light up their buildings and ring church bells at 5:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 19 in a national moment of unity and remembrance. A ceremony was held at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, where Biden delivered his final address as president-elect.