DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 3A (Sep 27-Oct 3) (Visits 11-16) 688,245 --> 700,975 dead:
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Description of Pictures: Regular pictures of the In America: Remember installation are grouped into four separate pages by week:
* Week 1 = September 14-19 (initial install)
* Week 2 = September 20-26
* Week 3 = September 27-October 3 (final week)
* Week 4 = October 4-6 (deinstallation)
Pictures from performances and the opening and closing events are covered separately.
Same Event: Wait! There's more! Because I took too many pictures, photos from this event were divided among the following pages:
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2021_DC_In_America2V: DC -- Event: In America: Remember -- Viewed from Washington Monument and NMAAHC (Multiple visits) (205 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2CC_211003: DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) -- Closing Ceremony (169 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2OC_210917: DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) -- Opening Ceremony (225 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk1: DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 1 (Sep 14-19) (Visits 1-6) 666,624 --> 673,484 dead (573 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk2: DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 2 (Sep 20-26) (Visits 7-10) 673,484 --> 687,764 dead (230 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk3: DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) 2021 Wk 3A (Sep 27-Oct 3) (Visits 11-16) 688,245 --> 700,975 dead (329 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2_2021Wk4: DC -- Event: In America: Remember (art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg) (Oct 4-6) (Visits 17-19) Deinstall (398 photos from 2021)
2021_DC_In_America2P_JC_210927: DC -- Event: In America: Remember: Performance by Shane Palko and Jason Chu (67 photos from 2021)
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INAMER_210927_017.JPG: In loving memory of Mary Meyers, my mother.
"You and I the secret of the crocus know... let us chant it softly, there is no more snow."
INAMER_210927_027.JPG: Nuvia M Montes
To my dear mom, my sweet angle, my true love, dad and your kids miss you every day. We thank god for giving us a mom like you and hope to meet again one day!
INAMER_210927_038.JPG: Rev. Rafael R. Bonilla
We're okay. You taught us well. Loving husband and father. We love and miss you.
9-25-42 11-24-20
INAMER_210927_040.JPG: Hugo O Fuentes
A special soul and gem of our family. Truly missed and loved. Walking in the streets of gold in heaven like he always talked about.
12-5-57 12-5-20
INAMER_210927_046.JPG: Hersey Lyn Hoggard
Daddy,
I'm sorry you died among strangers and I'm sorry I couldn't tell you I love you before you left.
INAMER_210927_059.JPG: Kaye White Brown
I love you and miss you so much, Mumski. You will never be forgotten -- your joy, light, and love radiate eternally. I wish I could hold you.
INAMER_210927_080.JPG: 688,245
INAMER_210927_092.JPG: 688,245
INAMER_210927_101.JPG: Aunt Lorraine,
Today is 5 months without you. We miss you so much. Uncle Jim is doing well. Everyone's sure of that. My mom, well you know. [???] You'll be in my heart forever... Love, Medora
PS Moe has a big surprise!
INAMER_210927_120.JPG: John Pope Maddock
Husband, father, "Coach"
2 Sept 2021
INAMER_210927_127.JPG: Kyla Allen Grant
Kyro Maniac
INAMER_210927_130.JPG: So much love! Missing you! Our Dear Vicky
Clemmie + Warren Family
INAMER_210927_134.JPG: Read my name. I am more than a COVID number!
INAMER_210927_138.JPG: Janet L. [???] Manuel
Jan 23, 2021
Wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, friend, partner
Your patience is forever rewarded
INAMER_210927_142.JPG: In Loving Memory of
Robert "Bob" Smith
November 15, 1950
February 9, 2021
Loving husband, father & grandfather.
"We will never forget you BobBob."
INAMER_210927_145.JPG: RIP
All of Thai people who died because of COVID 19.
INAMER_210927_153.JPG: A volunteer catalogs one of the flags. The strips in her hands are used to attach stickers to the flags she's cataloged.
INAMER_210927_167.JPG: In memory of Jill Rhode
1941-Dec 5 2020
Love Jeff, Miranda, Grayden
INAMER_210927_179.JPG: Carlos Rivera
May god always keep you in his glory.
INAMER_210927_184.JPG: Mandeep Singh
Long live brother
Remember you
Bless you
INAMER_210927_189.JPG: Cirilo Hernandez
Beloved father
May god have you in his grace
INAMER_210927_191.JPG: Dear Dad,
You are always in our heart, miss you and always love you...
Majgan Moaddel
INAMER_210927_196.JPG: Patty Sevier
We love you!
Your family and friends
INAMER_210927_201.JPG: For our beloved Nancy Nightingale, aunt, mom, grandmother, great grandmother and the love of Uncle Billy's life. We miss your vibrance and remember you always.
The Nightingales
INAMER_210927_202.JPG: Carol Lynch,
March 22, 1936 - April 2, 2020
We love you mom and miss you more than you can imagine.
INAMER_210927_205.JPG: Mona Lisa Culberson
Beloved mother, grandmother, sister
9-14-2020
You are forever in our hearts.
We love you!
INAMER_210927_217.JPG: Hi Noreen,
I will always remember our visits to your place. Your smile lit up the world. You are loved indefinitely. We miss you dearly. Rest well up their [sic] -- we will meet again. I am so lucky to have met one of the world's most beautiful angelic souls. We love you always.
INAMER_210927_221.JPG: Dear Joe/Uri:
We all miss you our dear brother.
Tom, Liz, Pat, Peg
Love you
INAMER_210927_228.JPG: Miguelin + Norma Rodriguez "Papi + Mami"
Aunque mi madre y mi padre me desare...
[ Even though my mother and father neglect me ... ]
We miss you so much!!! We love you... Until we meet again.
Your treasures!
INAMER_210927_238.JPG: of loved ones lost to COVID
INAMER_210929_020.JPG: We miss you daddy! Birthdays & football games are not the same without you singing to us. We miss you everyday!
Love,
Belinda Chelle & Jr & the grandkids
00532
INAMER_210929_030.JPG: Nothing is more positive than to give a disease meaning
INAMER_210929_038.JPG: Bud Grazioli
4-13-70 to 9-13-21
Beloved brother, son + everyone's best friend! Gone too soon!! We will forever miss you and "that smile" of yours little brother!! We love you!!
Esther, Dom, Tina, Tom, Vic, Laura, Dominic + Lauren
INAMER_210929_062.JPG: 04-15-20
Sorry I didn't know our last hug was our last. I would've held on tighter if I'd known.
INAMER_210929_069.JPG: Richard Davenheimor
I've been searching for the right words to describe this loss but there are no words. You were an incredible man, friend, brother, uncle, husband, father & grandpa. You're still beyond loved,
we miss you/
04-15-20
INAMER_210929_084.JPG: Go cowboys!
In loving memory of
Adam Salinas
August 23, 1967 - May 26, 2020
INAMER_210929_114.JPG: Grief is love with no place to go. I know it has been well over a year since you left me, it seem[s] like time stopped. The pain is just a[s] deep. Rest my love.
Love your wife
INAMER_210929_149.JPG: I loved that they planted the drumstick next to the flag. When I mentioned it to one of the team, one paused and said "Thank god he didn't play tuba."
INAMER_210929_152.JPG: Mickey Gorman
March 14, 1950 - September 6, 2021
Father, brother, son, uncle, friend
Has moved on to be the drummer in heaven's band.
# Vaccinated J&J
From https://robersonfh.com/obituary/r-gorman/
R. "Mickey" Gorman
March 14, 1950 - September 6, 2021
Richard Patrick Michael Gorman, 71, of Port Charlotte, FL, passed away on September 6, 2021, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
He was known as R. Mickey Gorman or Mickey Gorman to his friends and colleagues. Mickey was born on March 14, 1950, in Georgetown, Washington DC to Marge and J.R. "Pat" Gorman. He attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, MD, where he played in bands, including marching band. He continued on to the University of Miami, where he was an enthusiastic Hurricanes fan, and a member of Sigma Chi, before achieving his MBA at Florida Atlantic University.
Mickey had a multifaceted career – from being a newspaper/ magazine guy, Amway aficionado, CEO of Associations, and published author of both business and children's books. He was an active member of multiple Rotary Clubs and Chambers of Commerce in both Virginia and Florida. He was an avid golfer, Stephen King fanatic, and proud member of The Blue Dog Band and The Showmen. He was also an uninhibited friend, whose charismatic personality opened doors and hearts. He loved to make people smile and laugh.
Mickey is survived by his two daughters, Stacie Gorman and Kristi Gorman Brinkley and her husband Joe; his sisters Kathy Gorman Marshall and Susie Gorman; his brother John "Buz" Gorman and wife Kathy; his niece and nephews – Edie, Phillip, Shawn, JP, and Andrew. Mickey was preceded in death by his parents Marge and J.R. "Pat" Gorman and his brother-in-law, Paul Marshall.
There will be a Celebration of Life for Mickey at 12 noon on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the Celtic Ray Public House located at 145 E. Marion Avenue in Punta Gorda, Florida. A Celebration of Life will also be held in Northern Virginia on a date in March to be announced. Please return to this tribute page for updated date, time and location.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to a charity of your choice. Please check the Roberson Funeral Home in Port Charlotte, FL website for additional information and leave a message, information about your chosen donations, and a memory about Mickey there.
Friends may visit online at www.robersonfh.com to extend condolences to the family. Arrangements by Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.
INAMER_210929_161.JPG: George Ross
Photographer
3-30-2020
From https://www.phillyvoice.com/george-ross-photographer-memorial-obituary-covid-19/
May 06, 2020
Remembering George Ross: Photographer, partner, brother and father
Putting a face and story to a local victim of COVID-19, not just a number
By Natalie Hope McDonald
PhillyVoice Contributor
George Ross, a professional photographer and New Jersey native, died from COVID-19 in April. The image above shows him as an adult and as a child.
"Many people judge the importance of people by what they do in the world. George always made people feel important regardless of status or position," wrote Ellen Swandiak after learning of the death of her friend and colleague, photographer George Ross, of COVID-19.
Ross, a New Jersey native, was 60 years old. He built a successful career as a commercial photographer and had the creative eye of a fine artist. He died March 30.
Swandiak said Ross saw things differently, whether he was shooting interiors for IKEA and House Beautiful or sleek new designs from big names like Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. "To work with George was a dream," she said. "George worked with a sense of joy that stemmed from his deep love of photography and creative drive."
His other joy was his family. His younger brother, Bill Ross, executive director of TNG-CWA Local 38010 in Philly, remembers George as always having a camera around his neck. Growing up in a small town outside of Newark, Bill said that his big brother loved the arts. "He started doing silk-screening and photography early on," Bill said. "He even had his own dark room."
"I have always been attracted to the beauty of natural light. I love the craft and control of the studio, but am equally inspired by the random and surprising things one finds on location." – A quote from George Ross about photography
Bill's memories of his big brother are just as vivid as ever, like the time George let him tag along to a Kiss concert at Madison Square Garden when he was in fourth grade. George had made his own press pass and managed to get backstage to take shots of the band. He also sold T-shirts he silkscreened himself for a few bucks each in the parking lot. It was no surprise that George would end up attending the School of Visual Arts in New York, Bill said, where he truly honed his craft.
Children of divorce, the brothers were exceptionally close all their lives. A day didn't go by that they didn't text and call each other to share anecdotes about their lives and the news. Right before George ended up in the hospital, the brothers were texting about Trump being at Mar-a-Lago, shaking hands with world leaders despite this virus that was on everyone's mind.
Bill said when George starting getting sick, they were worried. Then things progressed so quickly. George went from feeling a little better to being intubated with no one at his bedside in North Jersey, which by then had become a second epicenter to the main outbreak in New York City. It was unfathomable.
MORE: See George Ross' photography
"Honestly, we're numb still," Bill said. "The worst part was not being with him when he was sick." He credits the hospital staff for caring for George and everyone suffering from the coronavirus – they were incredibly kind under such tremendous pressure, Bill said.
When George was first admitted to the hospital, Katie Ross, his 28-year-old daughter who lives in Providence, Rhode Island, became the conduit of information, updating family and friends about her Dad, and calling the hospital several times a day.
For a time, George's health actually started to improve. "His oxygen levels were really good," said Katie. And then it happened so suddenly. In a matter of hours, he was intubated and then he was gone.
George's story is not unlike the stories of many thousands of COVID-19 patients around the United States. That's why George's loved ones are trying to find ways to remember their father, their brother, partner and friend in life rather than death. And at a time when grieving has evolved into an intensely complex and lonely experience in isolation, Katie said she's taking comfort in what an important presence her father had always been in her life.
"He always made me feel really smart and talented," she said. "A lot of his talent in seeing things and his photographs came from being gentle. He had a very gentle and respectful way of approaching everything."
It wasn't unusual for George to drive to Providence to meet Katie for an impromptu lunch. He was the type of guy who maintained and really nurtured relationships. After hearing of his death, Bill said a classmate of his brother's from kindergarten called him. He learned that George always kept in touch with people he had met throughout his life, no matter how busy he got working in the high-pressure commercial art world.
"He was an amazing editor ... He taught me everything. He taught me how to look at things."
– Katie Ross about her father
He was always his daughter's teacher and friend. He and Katie would regularly send work they were doing back and forth. "We talked on the phone once or twice a day," said Katie, who is also an artist. "He was an amazing editor. He would look at 400 images and cut them down to the best five. He taught me everything. He taught me how to look at things."
When Katie was just a kid, maybe 4 or 5 years old, "I had urgently asked him to come into my room to see how the light was hitting the wall." She remembered thinking it was so beautiful how George excitedly rushed to see it, with a childlike impatience. Her Dad was so proud.
Last week, she was working on an art project after he died and found herself using materials he had given her and thinking about him intensely. "My whole body of work is about ancestral learning," Katie said. "There's always a part of him in that."
For Cathy Schwing, George's longtime partner in business and life, his death is a loss on two levels – both personal and professional. The two had been working on several projects right up until he was hospitalized. It had been that way ever since they met in the 1980s.
"We grew up in the industry working together," she said. Just recently they were in New York City at an event at a design showroom before they both got sick. But as she started feeling better, George felt worse. "We had another project coming up," Cathy said, making the suddenness of George's death seem almost surreal. From the time he was first coughing until they heard the news, only a few short weeks had passed.
"We have no idea how we were exposed," Cathy said. "We were protecting ourselves early on when no one was really doing it. You just don't know how you're going to be vulnerable."
george ross horse photoSource/Contributed image
George Ross took this photo of a horse in Italy and gave it to his brother Bill Ross as a gift. 'Having his photos around me makes me feel good ... I look at it through George's eyes,' Bill says.
The hardest days now are the ones Cathy spends alone in the home they shared outside of New York City. "I wanted to take him to Northern Michigan when he felt better," she said. "He was the kindest man. He was someone who always listened; he never judged you."
Today, the dining table at the couple's home is filled with projects George was working on. She hasn't moved them yet. "He would wake up in the middle of the night to work," Cathy said. "He never stopped. And he always brought his camera with him."
His brother Bill finds himself spending a lot of time these days studying the photographs that George gave him over the years. "This past Thanksgiving he showed me a photo he had taken in Italy of a white horse alone in a field," he said. Bill loved it, so for Christmas, George printed and framed it for him. "Having his photos around me makes me feel good," Bill said. "I look at this horse in the morning when I get up and when I go to bed. I look at it through George's eyes."
Bill hopes that when it's safe to be together again, that family and friends can gather to celebrate his brother's life. Since before and even after George died, the coronavirus has prevented them from grieving together, which has been a challenge for so many families during this pandemic.
Katie said she's actually relieved that the world is on pause because of the pandemic and she's not expected to go about as usual.
"I'm really grateful I don't have to go back to work next week. I don't have to put a deadline on this grieving process," she said. "It's not normal. And you don't have to be normal."
INAMER_210929_173.JPG: Uncle Larry,
We love you so much and know you are riding all the motorcycles and making friends with everyone in heaven. We miss you so so much. You are very loved.
Love, Lauren
Love your son Mitch
INAMER_210929_185.JPG: Peter A. Missaggia
Amazing husband, father, grandfather and man. Retired phx, police officer and pilot. You are so missed. Wait for me.
From https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/berkshire/name/peter-missaggia-obituary?id=8061880
Peter Alfred Missaggia Sr., 87 of Housatonic died Thursday September 17, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Peter was born in North Canaan CT on August 30, 1933 son of Bertolo and Angela (Segalla) Missaggia. He was educated in Canaan schools and proudly served his country during the Korean War in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Germany. He then worked as a truck driver for the Town of Great Barrington Highway Dept, retiring in 1976. Peter was a Lifetime Member of the James A. Modolo Post in Great Barrington and a Lifetime Member of the D.A.V. in Pittsfield. Peter was a diehard N.Y. Yankees and N.Y. Giants fan. Peter's wife, Jennie H. (Rathbun) Missaggia predeceased him on July 1, 2019. Peter is survived by two sons, Peter A. Missaggia Jr. and wife Nancy of Marble Falls TX and John Missaggia and partner Rina Gardella with whom he lived in Housatonic, two daughters, Kathy Missaggia of Canaan CT and Karen Decker and husband Steven of Sheffield, one sister, Catherine Giansiracusa of Torrington CT and four grandchildren, Jason and Jesse Tweed, Gino Daloni and Carolyn Missaggia who was the pride of his life. In addition to his wife Jennie, Peter was predeceased by two brothers, Bert and John Missaggia and daughter Linda Daloni.
INAMER_210930_008.JPG: 695,266
INAMER_210930_015.JPG: The reporter is from TVN Group
TVN Group
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TVN Group (TVN S.A.) is a Polish media and entertainment group established in 1995 as TVN Sp. z o.o. Piotr Korycki was the President of TVN Group from May 2018 to September 2020, succeeding Jim Samples. Currently, the position of president of TVN Group is vacant. The group is overseen by Katarzyna Kieli, president and managing director of Discovery in EMEA.
In 2004, with its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the company became a public limited company. In March 2015, U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive bought a 52.7% majority stake in TVN for €584 million. In July 2015, SNI bought out TVN's remaining owners, ITI Group and Canal+ Group, for €584 million, giving it full ownership.
On March 6, 2018, SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery, Inc. for US$14.6 billion. Liberty Global, which operates pay television provider UPC Polska, is a major shareholder in Discovery. The European Commission thus required TVN to ensure that TVN24 and TVN24 BiS remain available to third-party television providers.
INAMER_210930_046.JPG: Mickey Gorman
March 14, 1950 - September 6, 2021
Father, brother, son, uncle, friend
Has moved on to be the drummer in heaven's band.
# Vaccinated J&J
INAMER_210930_063.JPG: In memory of our sister, Kathy Taylor Cannovino.
She died on 1/31/21 leaving a hole in our hearts too big to fill.
Love you forever.
INAMER_210930_086.JPG: Ruth Ferguson
We love you. We miss you. We talk about you. We think of you.
INAMER_210930_134.JPG: Adam V. YoEun, son, brother, fiance.
We miss you so much. Everyday. From our childhood as first gen. Americans and over-coming poverty, to attending and graduating college, we have already come so far. From fixing up your first gray truck, to opening your first business -- during a pandemic!! You are the definition of perseverance and success. We love you.
Rest in Peace
Mom, dad, Sara, Alecia, Elio, Will
INAMER_210930_163.JPG: Green tags indicate the flags have already been geotagged.
INAMER_210930_198.JPG: Sarah Wagner
INAMER_210930_222.JPG: In an article in the Washington Post that appeared the previous morning, https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/29/covid-flag-memorial-washington/ , both Sarah Wagner (right) and Catalina Campos, one of the group of undergraduate students volunteering their time to geotag and photograph the flags, were both quoted.
INAMER_210930_258.JPG: Richard P. Jensema
"Dick" 1/31/21
Bel Air, Maryland
3 months to retirement!!
I miss you so much! 40 yrs of marriage -- in my [heart] 4ever!
XOXO
I love you so much. You are a wonderful father, husband, and person. We love you now and forever.
INAMER_210930_266.JPG: Richard P. Jensema
"Dick" 1/31/21
Bel Air, Maryland
3 months to retirement!!
I miss you so much! 40 yrs of marriage -- in my [heart] 4ever!
XOXO
I love you so much. You are a wonderful father, husband, and person. We love you now and forever.
INAMER_210930_271.JPG: Dr. Alehjandro "Alex" Valdes Albana
11/24/1945 - 04/04/2020
We love and miss you!
LKP
INAMER_210930_283.JPG: Ma. Albertina "Nina" Albano Clutario
11/15/1953 - 03/03/2021
We love and miss you!
INAMER_210930_329.JPG: Peggy P. Kenley
Passet on May 20, 2020
Angel #90,001
I am with you always
Donna
I love you
INAMER_210930_376.JPG: Donald Lee Morris and all our rural mail carriers lost to COVID-19
INAMER_210930_434.JPG: Dear Daddy, 1/8/26 - 2/7/21
COVID took you away before you were ready. You never should have died alone.
I love you with all my heart Dors bien --
Be at peace with Mich a Maddie
I love you forever Bon papa
RIP Bon Papa You went out w/a fight!
A bientot Bon Papa.
I love you always mon oncle
Rest at peace w/pop + maddie
INAMER_210930_438.JPG: These folks were celebrating the birthday of her father had had died the previous year. They were doing a live stream of the event back to folks around the country.
INAMER_210930_507.JPG: Elizabeth Frances Fortner
I miss you so much, Granny. I've never known how much grief existed until you passed.
Rest in peace in heaven with Grandpa Jody --
Lexi
INAMER_211001_007.JPG: Tim Willcox
You are always in our hearts
INAMER_211001_019.JPG: 697.868
INAMER_211001_020.JPG: George Valentine
You were generous with your legal knowledge. You are deeply missed.
INAMER_211001_021.JPG: Lorene C. Shepard
6-29-1934 - 12-14-2020
wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, child of god
We miss you, Mom
INAMER_211001_039.JPG: This was a visiting art installation taking advantage of the In America installation. This was supposed to be a 9/11 tribute with world flags done in white.
More descriptions from https://www.911memorial.org/profile/1695481
Aaron Fein
Charlottesville VA United States
http://www.aaronfein.com
Statement of Work
On September 11th 2001, as New York's twin mountains of concrete and steel came crumbling down, individuals rallied around an even more enduing symbol for comfort: Our national flag."These colors don't run." We said.The truth is -- with time -- they did. Perhaps not in our hearts and minds. But before our very eyes.With time, the flags we affixed to our bumpers and our windows relinquished their colors, red and blue, to the agents of light, moisture and air. Fading imperceptibly and yet undeniably, to white."What happens when our flags fade completely to white?"What will they say to us?What will they say about us?This project entitled White Flags offers one possible answer to these questions.White Flags is a growing installation of 192 flags -- one for each member state of the United Nations -- rendered entirely in white. Hanging together in monochrome, the idealized emblems of stripes, stars, crescents, suns, animals -- all of the national symbols that define us and demarcate us -- begin to yield to the collective as a shared language and history. Gently rotating in the light, varying in translucency, the silhouettes of nations, large and small, rich and poor, old and new, fade away. White Flags suggests a time when our similarities might overshadow our differences; a day when we might all be united as one.
INAMER_211001_094.JPG: Para mi tio que siempre estara en mis epnsamientos y en mi corazon.
Tu alegria es algo que no olvi dare.
[ For my uncle who will always be in my thoughts and in my heart.
Your joy is something that I will not forget. ]
Alexis Luque
INAMER_211001_100.JPG: Aaron Fein
INAMER_211001_127.JPG: You were hero!
Love you forever
Ricard Hudak
INAMER_211001_130.JPG: Her flag is Dear thatha
daddy
Mamayagaru
Igo :)
We love you and will always make you proud of us.
INAMER_211001_146.JPG: Let the music play on!
INAMER_211001_147.JPG: USAF TSGT Milan Elwood James
Daddy, we love and miss you. You were always my spiritual leader and who I most wanted to be like!
Rest easy now.
Love Debbie
INAMER_211001_153.JPG: Emilio E. Lopez (Uncle Boo)
9/30/1950 - 10/31/2020
A community leader and world changer who made a positive impact on thousands.
Love you Dad
This was the flag the couple the previous day were celebrating the birthday of with balloons and such.
From https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/jsonline/name/emilio-lopez-obituary?id=3377961 mentions...
In 1978, he graduated from Law school and immediately went to work making even more of an impact as the Assistant to the DA of Milwaukee. He would go on to impact literally thousands of youths during his work as the athletic director of UCC, the principal of Aurora Weir, the President of Felix Mantilla Little League, the Associate Executive Director at Milwaukee Christian Center, and the coach, mentor, advocate for thousands of student-athletes for the city of Milwaukee.
INAMER_211001_168.JPG: Diane Bleak was here for her daughter's graduation from GW the next day. (The badge was because she visited the Daughters of the American Revolution museum.)
INAMER_211001_183.JPG: In honor of Anthony Caccese, who lost his life to COVID in April 2020. You are loved and missed every day.
INAMER_211002_089.JPG: This pathway is closed today
Please continue to enjoy the installation from one of the other pathways
INAMER_211002_096.JPG: "Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.
INAMER_211002_123.JPG: Valentin Freyre
Daddy, there is not one day that goes by that I do not miss you. You were the most beautiful soul taken too soon from us. We miss you!
INAMER_211002_150.JPG: In memory of James Reeves
8/13/1954 - 06/03/2020
Beloved Father and Grandfather. We love and miss you. We wish you could just come home.
INAMER_211002_181.JPG: Darrell "Doc" Kinnard
Mabank , TX
Sept 16, 1944
Sept 8, 2021
Hometown Veterinarian
Mabank Panther!
Friend to All
INAMER_211002_196.JPG: For my dear husband, Richard; I will always love you.
Yours with love, Sandra
INAMER_211002_249.JPG: Remembering Chuck Hilton and his Hobbits
INAMER_211002_265.JPG: Anne Claire Terresa
Wife, mother, nana, friend --
You are missed every day!
We love you
If you hold to my teachings then you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
John 8:31
October 9, 1933 - January 1, 2021
INAMER_211002_270.JPG: Dr. Burton "Bud" Rose
A loving and beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, teacher, and learner.
You were our guiding light.
INAMER_211002_335.JPG: These folks from New Jersey came down again. I had met them back in the previous installation.
INAMER_211002_361.JPG: Papa Julio
Don Julio
We miss you
Kiki Gigi
INAMER_211003_0044.JPG: 700,327
INAMER_211003_0295.JPG: Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg changes the number tallies
INAMER_211003_0345.JPG: 700,975
INAMER_211003_0370.JPG: Chris Szakaly
Age 65
A compassionate heart
INAMER_211003_0376.JPG: Joseph D. Guercio
We will carry you with us always
INAMER_211003_0434.JPG: This woman came with some friends to update a flag that others had planted for one of their relatives at the installation last year.
INAMER_211003_0634.JPG: For the 18 members of Valentine Garcia's lost to COVID, may they rest in peace
INAMER_211003_0748.JPG: 700,975
INAMER_211003_0830.JPG: Sue Kaye Ziemann
fought and beat leukemia but COVID took her too soon. She loved her family and was so happy to be a grandma. We miss you.
INAMER_211003_0906.JPG: NPS ranger Edward Fleming said the In America installation had been the best use of the Mall that he had ever seen. Most people put it as equivalent to the AIDS Quilt but he said he wasn't stationed here when that was installed.
INAMER_211003_0960.JPG: Sarah Wagner (center)
INAMER_211003_1015.JPG: Teresa Romanowska Lakshmanan
(1931-2020)
Beloved mother, grandmother, friend, mother-in-law
Survived WW2 concentration camp, Nazis, communist regime, and more.
We miss you so much, our tough old bird, forever remembered
INAMER_211003_1075.JPG: In memory of Dad, Grandpa, Husband --
Bruce Tober
We all love you, we all miss you
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INAMER_211003_1126.JPG: Suzanne and her daughter checking the numbers before changing the numbers.
INAMER_211003_1141.JPG: Jonathan Thorpe kneeling while photographing
INAMER_211003_1160.JPG: Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg changes the numbers again
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2021 photos: This year was filled with hope. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us but it was hoped that restoring sanity to the White House. the rapid vaccine role-out, and a government that finally cared would put things back to normal again. But the force was strong in the evil anti-vaxxer movement and the virus variants made quick use of that so we're still dealing with this crap. Plus the continued impact of the Trump putsch attempt... Sigh.
Trips this year:
(May, October) After getting fully vaccinated, I made two trips down to Asheville, NC to visit my dad and his wife Dixie, and
(mid-July) I made a quick trip up to Stockbridge, MA to see the Norman Rockwell Museum again as well as Daniel Chester French's place @ Chesterwood.
Number of photos taken this year: about 283,000, slightly up from 2020 but still really low.