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Photo of the day: A COVID-19 memorial

By Tom Williams
Posted September 21, 2021 at 4:42pm
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday plants one of more than 660,000 flags to honor and remember the Americans who have died due to COVID-19.

The public art installation, called “In America: Remember”, is on display on the National Mall through Oct. 3.

Reps. Jim Himes, D-Conn., center, Mark Takano, D-Calif., left, and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., also appear.

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