Orlando remembers: Pulse five-year memorial events
From music and art to blood drives and candlelight vigils, here are some of the events that honor Pulse victims, survivors and first responders in Central Florida.
THROUGH JUNE 12
Acts of Love and Kindness
In honor of the lives lost on June 12, 2016, One Orlando Alliance encourages everyone to act, love and give. Share your Act of Love and Kindness on social media, tag @OneOrlandoAlliance and use the hashtag #ActLoveGive.
JUNE 5-13
Community: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy
This exhibition examines how local and global communities were touched by the Pulse shootings; see more on page 21. Although the History Center normally charges admission, entry is free for this week. Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd., thehistorycenter.org
Outside of Pulse nightclub are tributes to the victims.
Five years later, the pain of Pulse lingers
Grief swirls as survivors struggle with trauma, while plans for a $45 million museum and memorial take shape.
By
CHRIS URSOJune 9, 2021
ORLANDO Some nights, on his long drive home, he conjures up reasons to see the nightclub again.
It’s past midnight, usually, when he leaves work and pulls off at the Kaley Street exit. He drives past the blue hospital signs, past the dusty warehouse district where a museum is slated to rise. He makes a right turn onto South Orange Avenue, toward the stark black sign.
For the first time since the pandemic began, runners came together to remember the lives lost during the Pulse nightclub tragedy and support the onePULSE Foundation.