LYME/OLD LYME — The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) will be hosting a memorial to remember and honor the lives lost to COVID-19 in cities and towns across the country this evening, Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 5:30 p.m.
A Washington, D.C. ceremony will feature a lighting around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. It will be the first-ever lighting around the Reflecting Pool to memorialize American lives lost.
The PIC is inviting cities and towns around the country to join Washington, D.C. in illuminating buildings and ringing church bells at 5:30 p.m. ET in a national moment of unity and remembrance. You can get involved by:
Encouraging your elected officials to light up city buildings in the color amber.
Asking your clergy or non-profit agencies to ring bells. Note Lyme Congregational Church already ahs a ceremony planned to join this nationwide event.
Lighting a candle in your window on Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. to join in the countrywide moment of remembrance
Fill out or share this form for participation in the memorial.
Information excerpted from email from: Rina Patel, Associate Director of Coalitions , Presidential Inaugural Committee.