The memorial honors the 40,000 people who die from gun violence each year with 40,000 silk flowers. Giffords said that the memorial is a tribute to victims, as well as a call for the Senate to act on gun violence prevention legislation. It is open for public viewing and will be taken down on Friday.
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Today we re unveiling the Gun Violence Memorial an installation of 40,000 flowers on the National Mall to show the scope of our gun violence crisis.
40,000 people are killed with guns each year.
This is a tribute to them and a call on the Senate to find the #CourageToAct. pic.twitter.com/YVmWCLHZva Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) April 13, 2021
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Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona at her home in January.Credit.Cheriss May for The New York Times
April 8, 2021, 8:40 a.m. ET
In recent years, parts of the National Mall in Washington have been used to temporarily memorialize fallen American soldiers and those who have died from the coronavirus. Next week, a square block will be cordoned off to recognize the roughly 40,000 Americans who die annually in gun violence.
The gun violence prevention organization led by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was critically injured in a 2011 mass shooting, will on Monday evening place 38,000 silk white roses in 4,000 vases across from the Capitol. (An earlier version of this briefing item, using information from the gun violence prevention group, misstated when the memorial would be installed.)
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