(WAVE/NBC) A temporary art installation in the nation’s capitol is attempting to show the country’s loss with the pandemic.
Row after row of white flags at the Washington Monument, each one represents a life lost to COVID-19.
More than 600,000 white flags have been placed in the lawn at the Washington Monument. It is a temporary art exhibit created by Suzanne Brennan Firstenburg, the same person who created an installation at RFK Stadium in October of 2020.
The installation began with around 200,000 flags. Since then, we have lost nearly 400,000 more lives to the coronavirus.