Watch: Freeport church rings bell to commemorate those lost to COVID-19
More than 463,000 have died from COVID-19 in the United States, including 635 in Maine.
By Derek DavisKennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel
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Bill Gilman, president of South Freeport Congregational Church, rings the church bell Sunday to honor the lives lost to COVID-19. Gilman and two other members of the church took turns ringing the bell for over an hour as they made it toll once for every thousand of lives lost to the coronavirus. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
FREEPORT For about 75 minutes on Sunday, Bill Gilman, Tim Whitacre and Joe Field took turns ringing the church bell at South Freeport Congregational Church, to remember those who have died from COVID-19.