Lights illuminate Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor American lives lost to COVID-19
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris honored the 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 with a tribute in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening.
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The 400 lights along the pool were lit to symbolize the lives lost to the virus.
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At the ceremony, part of the incoming administration's inaugural festivities, Harris called on Americans to "grieve and begin healing together."
"Though we may be physically separated, we, the American people, are united in spirit," she said.