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iluvtennis

(19,868 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 10:55 PM Jan 2021

200,000 flags placed on the National Mall to represent Americans who can't attend inauguration

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKNbrEeHx23/


washingtonpost Nearly 200,000 flags have been placed on the National Mall in preparation for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. The flags are set to represent Americans who cannot be in attendance during Wednesday's inauguration.⁠

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200,000 flags placed on the National Mall to represent Americans who can't attend inauguration (Original Post) iluvtennis Jan 2021 OP
Now that's uplifting. C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #1
Oh, yeah.............. MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #2
For Covid memorial, heard on news tonight that Biden and Harris will place 1000 flags at the iluvtennis Jan 2021 #4
What a marvelous tribute to those lost souls and their families. magicarpet Jan 2021 #3
Thank God for the Twitter action..... MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #5
Closeup... brooklynite Jan 2021 #6
Much, much nicer than the small one I posted - Thank You. iluvtennis Jan 2021 #7

MyOwnPeace

(16,937 posts)
2. Oh, yeah..............
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 11:00 PM
Jan 2021

well, Trump would have had 250,000! So there!!!

(Or, the 200,000 flags could represent the close to 400,000 victims of COVID-19 - AKA the TRUMP PLAGUE)

iluvtennis

(19,868 posts)
4. For Covid memorial, heard on news tonight that Biden and Harris will place 1000 flags at the
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 11:13 PM
Jan 2021

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Each flag to represent 400 souls lost to Covid. The memorial will occur on Tuesday Jan 19th.

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
3. What a marvelous tribute to those lost souls and their families.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 11:12 PM
Jan 2021

Hopefully this will also shut trDump's trap. So we don't have to listen about how the Orange Fuhrer's inauguration gathering had a larger crowd than Biden's and Obama's combined.

If he has any sense and/or decorum he would just shut the fuck up. Thank God they took his Twitter away.

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