A solemn day of remembrance by danette

A solemn day of remembrance

Today marks one year since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, just a few miles from my home. This temple was recently constructed by artist David Best to honor those who lost their lives in this tragedy. In 3 months, it will be burned to the ground. Today, it opened. People are writing messages all through the temple and leaving items such as flowers. It is a beautiful work of art. They are not allowing photos inside. It is for reflection.
Our community mourns on Valentine's Day.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/10/692391906/to-honor-parkland-victims-david-best-is-building-a-temple-then-setting-it-on-fir

What a lovely memorial. 💔
February 14th, 2019  
Wow... That structure is amazing and such a beautiful memorial.
February 14th, 2019  
That was an awful tragedy
February 14th, 2019  
Nice capture...
February 14th, 2019  
Such a beautiful memorial for those who lost their lives.
February 14th, 2019  
So disheartening to see how little has happened to prevent a repeat of this tragedy.
February 14th, 2019  
Beautiful memorial
February 14th, 2019  
@allie912 What's sad is how many times this particular tragedy could have been prevented. I can assure you that the people of Parkland are, in general, quite wealthy and they will not let it rest. A number of parents who lost children work every single day to make our schools safer. I particularly admire one dad who has put his entire life aside to make a difference for his daughter. It is because of him that many changes have already been made. There are even changes that were made in NJ that were put into effect because of this event.
February 14th, 2019  
I'm so glad we can't have guns in Australia, it's hard to explain how safe we feel in that aspect - this is a stunning tribute to honour those people. beautiful.
February 14th, 2019  
Nicely captured.
February 14th, 2019  
Nice shot
February 14th, 2019  
This is such a beautiful tribute to the people who lost their loves that day. I still cant comprehend how this continues to happen and my heart hurts for all of the family and friends. At first, I was confused about building such a beautiful memorial only to burn it down and then I read the article and understood why and it nearly made me cry.
February 14th, 2019  
Beautiful memorial.
February 14th, 2019  
Lovely shot of such a beautiful work of art and so poignant.
February 14th, 2019  
We all mourn for you and your community. This is an amazing piece of art - so special for the community.
February 14th, 2019  
What an amazing structure!
February 14th, 2019  
My heart is with you and the sorry state of our current lives.
February 15th, 2019  
Thank you for sharing this. I hadn't heard anything about it. Makes me angry thinking about the gun situation and politics in this country.
February 15th, 2019  
Great capture. Really interesting memorial.
February 15th, 2019  
Such a beautiful tribute.
February 15th, 2019  
Great tribute
February 16th, 2019  
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