Photos: Thousands of Flags Cover the National Mall to Memorialize COVID-19 Deaths
By Anisa Holmes ••
Thousands of U.S. flags have been placed on the National Mall to memorialize the 200,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Memorial Project installed all 20,000 flags Monday night facing the White House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other U.S. leaders participated in an interfaith service Tuesday morning to commemorate the lives lost.
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Volunteers with the Covid Memorial Project place American flags on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Covid-19 cases in the U.S. steadied as deaths approached 200,000. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Volunteers with the Covid Memorial Project place American flags on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Covid-19 cases in the U.S. steadied as deaths approached 200,000. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 22: Carmen Wilke places flags at a COVID Memorial Project install of 20,000 American flags on the National Mall as the United States crosses the 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. The flags are displayed on the grounds of the Washington Monument facing the White House. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 22: American flags at a COVID Memorial Project installation of 20,000 flags are shown on the National Mall as the United States crosses the 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. The flags are displayed on the grounds of the Washington Monument facing the White House. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 22: Chris Duncan, whose 75 year old mother Constance died from COVID on her birthday, walks through a COVID Memorial Project installation of 20,000 American flags on the National Mall as the United States crosses the 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. The flags are displayed on the grounds of the Washington Monument facing the White House. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 22: A photograph of Constance Duncan, 75, who died of covid-19 in May, was placed by her son, Chris, at the COVID Memorial Project’s interfaith memorial service to honor the 200,000 people who died due to coronavirus on the National Mall on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. 20,000 American Flags were placed in the grass to honor those who succumbed to the disease. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks near a memorial for people who have died as a result of covid-19 on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. – The memorial consists of 200,000 US flags, one for each US victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
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A memorial for people who have died as a result of of covid-19 is seen on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. – The memorial consists of 200,000 US flags, one for each US victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks near a memorial for people who have died as a result of covid-19 on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. – The memorial consists of 200,000 US flags, one for each US victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pays her respects near a memorial for people who have died as a result of of covid-19 on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. – The memorial consists of 200,000 US flags, one for each US victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
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TOPSHOT – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi waits to speak near a memorial for people who have died as a result of covid-19 on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. – The memorial consists of 200,000 US flags, one for each US victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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A memorial for people who have died as a result of of covid-19 is seen on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. – The memorial consists of 200,000 US flags, one for each US victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
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Representative Sean Casten, a Democrat from Illinois, from left, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, and Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block visit the Covid Memorial Project on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden lamented the rising death toll from Covid-19, warning Americans not to become numb to the tragedy as the tally reached 200,000 in the United States. Photographer: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Volunteers with the Covid Memorial Project place American flags on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Covid-19 cases in the U.S. steadied as deaths approached 200,000. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images
