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Suzanne firstenberg is the artist behind america, each flag representing a life lost to covid-19. >> when i bought flags in june, i bought 630,000. i thought never would we use that many. i reordered twice. >> reporter: visitors come by not just to observe but participate, volunteers write dedications for loved ones submitted online. >> one flag, there was a 99-year-old who died, and the flag reads, he refused a ventilator. he asked that it be used for someone younger. >> reporter: when the exhibit opened september 17, there were 670,032 deaths. since then, thousands more has died. each day sh...

Covid-19, it consists of more than 700,000 white flags, each representing a person who lost their battle with the virus. the artist says that this has taken on a life of its own. dana bash reports. >> reporter: it's hard to capture this on camera. it's even hard to capture it with your eyes. >> yeah. >> reporter: when you're here like you and i are. because it's so vast. it goes down to the world war ii memorial now. suzanne is the artist behind in america remember, a temporary exhibition on the national mall. each flag represents an american life lost to covid-19. >> when i bought flags in ju...

Is working to remember the lives in covid-19. in america remember it is a project that overtook the national mall in washington and has taken on a life of its own. cnn's dana bash has the story. >> reporter: it's hard to capture it on camera. it's hard to capture it on your eyes when you're here because it's so vast. it goes down to -- >> to the world war ii memorial. >> reporter: suzanne furstenberg is the artist behind in america remember. each flag represents an american life lost to covid-19. >> when i bought flags in june, i bought 630,000. i thought never would we use that many. i've reo...

Closing today tries to do just that. >> it's hard to capture this on camera. it's even hard to capture it with your eyes when you're here like you and i are, because it's so vast. it goes down to the world war ii memorial now. suzanne fyrstenberg is the artist behind america, each flag representing a life lost to covid-19. >> when i bought flags in june, i bought 630,000. i thought never would we use that many. i reordered twice. >> reporter: visitors come by not just to observe but participate. volunteers write dedications for loved ones submitted online. >> one flag, there was a 99-year-old ...

It goes down -- >> to the world war ii memorial now. >> to the world war ii memorial. >> reporter: suzanne firstenberg is the artist, a temporary exhibition on the national mall. each flag represents an american life lost to covid-19. >> when i bought flags in june, i bought 630,000. i thought never would we use that many. i've reordered twice. >> reporter: visitors come by not just to observe, but to participate. volunteers write dedications for loved ones submitted online. >> one flag it was a 99-year-old who died. and the flag reads, he refused a ventilator. he asked that it be used for som...