MATT BLITZ
DCIST/WAMU
The new memorial opened in April in Pershing Park after years of controversy.
For the first time since March, the sixth floor halls of the United Medical Center in Southeast D.C. are full of hope.
Nationals fans had waited 527 days to step foot again in Nats Park after the coronavirus pandemic halted in-person games last season.
“Long live my heart,” reads part of a memorial for 18-year-old Deon Kay, who a D.C. police officer fatally shot in September.
“Symbols matter. They shape how we view the world and inform our culture. Do these [symbols] really represent the Arlington we live in today?”
“We have two pandemics going on: racial injustice and a disease that’s in the air and could possibly kill you... But there’s no vaccination for white supremacy.”
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