#parkland — Public Fediverse posts

Over the past two decades, civic leaders in #LasVegas; #Orlando; #Charleston, S.C.; #Parkland, Fla.; #Newtown, Conn.; #Blacksburg, Va., and other places have undertaken painstaking efforts to collect and preserve materials connected to attacks in their cities.

Most have concentrated on documenting the outpouring of public grief left at makeshift memorials — crosses, Stars of David, stuffed animals, postcards, framed photos, letters, handicrafts, prayer blankets, candles, artwork, painted stones and other items.

In #Pittsburgh, synagogue leaders hope that preserving the physical scars from the scene of the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack will help animate the story of the assault on Tree of Life and provoke a more visceral reaction from those who hear it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2023/tree-of-life-synagogue-artifacts/