The Courier: One million memorial inscriptions gathered in lockdown history project. “The collection is the end product of months of painstaking work by volunteers across the country, who spent lockdown transcribing memorials and gravestones from more than 800 burial grounds for the database. ‘Scotland Monumental Inscriptions’ includes details of Sotland’s most notable figures in history, […]
Houstonia: Houstonians Open Virtual Museum in Tribute to George Floyd . “Following the viral video that depicted Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody after an officer kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes 46 seconds, [Karim] Farishta teamed up with Houston architectural visualization company INVI and asked artists to submit work showing the world they […]
CBS Chicago: City Launching ‘Chicago Remembers’ Website To Share Stories Of Those Who Died From COVID-19. “City officials have unveiled a new website where people can share stories about family, friends, and neighbors who have died of COVID-19. The new ‘Chicago Remembers’ website will feature pictures and stories of coronavirus victims for anyone to see.”
WTMJ: Retired Milwaukee police officer develops online memorial for victims of police injustice. “For the past two weeks people across Milwaukee and the country have protested the issues of police overreach and racism on our streets, but what happens after the marching and protesting? Here in Milwaukee, a retired officer hopes to take the conversations […]
NPR: Memorializing Those Who Died In The Time Of COVID-19. “Virtual vigils, streamed live on Facebook. Websites that collate the names and photos of the dead. Video projections of those we have lost, shining onto building facades. In the absence of collective public gatherings, people are coming up with new ways to memorialize those who […]
Statesman: Austin artist memorializes COVID-19 victims with building projections. “The stories and faces of those who have died from the coronavirus illuminated the outside of the Texas Department of Licensing building in downtown Austin Saturday night. The digital archive, COVID Memorial, celebrates the lives of COVID-19 victims by projecting on buildings remembrances posted online by […]
DIY Photography: Instagram Soon To Roll Out “Memorial Accounts” In Light Of Covid-19 Deaths. “Instagram has been working on creating ‘in memoriam’ accounts for deceased members of the platform. However, the current situation has reportedly forced them to speed things up. According to the latest report, Instagram wil launch the feature soon due to the […]
County 17: Wyo Parks And Cultural Resources Puts M&Ms On The Interactive Map. “Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources recently announced a new searchable Monuments and Markers Interactive Map to help roadtrippers navigate the state’s historic markers with informational signage at historical points of interest along the state’s highways and at nearby national monuments.”
WFMJ: Pennsylvania completes Vietnam War Memorial database. “All 3,150 photos of Pennsylvania heroes who died in the Vietnam war have been found and added to the digital Wall of Faces Memorial page. This includes 38 photos of those from Mercer County. The digital Wall of Faces is a database of every American whose name appears […]
Connecting Vets: New platform creates digital memorials for all veterans in national cemeteries. “A new searchable online tool from the Department of Veterans Affairs and National Cemetery Administration allows creates digital memorials for fallen service members buried in national cemeteries across the United States. The Veterans Legacy Memorial is an online memorial space managed by […]
Canada Newswire: Canadian launch for Voices of Liberation – Capturing the memories of the “Greatest Generation” (PRESS RELEASE). “To mark the 75th anniversary of some of the most momentous battles in history, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is recording the voices of veterans, relatives and pilgrims for a unique online sound resource that explains […]
People: Parkland Dad Gathers ‘Incomplete’ Items Left Behind by Victims to Show Devastation of Gun Violence. “The sneaker is the starting point for the story Manny Oliver wants to tell about the joyous, interrupted life of his 17-year-old son, and the lives of too many others that were abruptly ended by gun violence.”
UC Riverside News: Veterans history project receives VA funding through 2020. “After a successful pilot year, the initiative, titled ‘Along the Chaparral: Memorializing the Enshrined,’ will continue for an additional two years, supported by a new contract worth $398,659 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration. “
NBC News: Museums across the nation work to archive mementos of grief left after shootings. “At the Clark County Museum in Henderson, Nevada, a group of volunteers gathers every week to sort through boxes of historical artifacts. But rather than coming from ancient times, these mementos are recent tributes in response to tragedies that are […]