“It is the duty of the State to protect the rights of the deceased, which also includes the right to decent burial/cremation,” said the plea, filed through advocate Manju Jetley.
Updated: 6:14 PM CST Mar 1, 2021 Within the last year, COVID-19 has killed more than 500,000 people in the United States.A new art installation in downtown Milwaukee is honoring all of them.Mequon-native Scott Rusch carefully placed colorful bouquets of flowers in formation Monday morning. There s about 2,000 carnations in this arrangement, he said.They form the shape of a heart outside Milwaukee s Calatrava at the Milwaukee Art Museum.It s part of the nationwide Floral Heart Project honoring those who ve died from COVID-19. People have lost loved ones, people have lost their livelihoods, people have just lost a sense of normal, and we see that the flowers in the shape of a heart bring joy to people, allow them to process, and it s just something good to do, and that s what we re all about, said Rusch, who is the general manager of Bloom Studios.The art installation is one of nearly 100 in cities across the country.Each one is different.At about 16 feet in diameter, Ru