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17-Oct-2020

516 ˝ 8th Street SE

A plaque situated next to the mural says:

“Limestone of Lost Legacies is a mural project to memorialize five teens who lost their lives to gun violence in the 2017-2018 school year in the District of Columbia. The five lives being commemorated are a snapshot of the widespread epidemic of gun violence in the city. The mural aims to create a space of remembrance and healing for the families who grieve forever. …This mural is located here in a community that doesn’t have to deal with the daily reality of gun violence for a purpose. As you walk by the faces of these young people who are no longer alive, remember them and then help take action to make our city safer.”

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The Capitol Hill Restoration Society is offering a new walking tour, this time featuring murals around the Hill, about which they say:

“Capitol Hill is home to many dazzling (some, quite literally) works of art, painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. Some murals are well known to the community – but we’ve included them because we love them and the Mural Tour wouldn’t be complete without them. Others may be familiar only to their immediate neighbors. Several of them have been on view for decades but many are more recent, including those that are part of the DC Statehood Murals project. A couple are on the sidewalk. One is not actually a mural at all but it’s art on the exterior of a structure, so no reason not to give it the attention it deserves. … Art is always best appreciated in person; particularly true in this case where the scale and placement of the work made photography a challenge.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly
unsharp.

1333 H Street NE, posted earlier:

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barbarajoy29-Oct-2020 10:44
A very pertinent and poignant mural at this time. Very sad but nice to see the memorial. V
Graeme25-Oct-2020 23:47
Sp sad that these 5 people lost their lives to guns, Helen. An amazing tribute mural of them.V
Raymond Ma21-Oct-2020 04:47
So tragic...such a beautiful and poignant reminder! V
David Buzzeo21-Oct-2020 01:51
What a tragedy that they died so young. V
Jeff Real21-Oct-2020 01:33
Such a tragedy.
A very beautiful memorial for these beautiful victims!
V
Julie Oldfield20-Oct-2020 23:51
Chilling. So sad. V
janescottcumming20-Oct-2020 22:52
A beautifully done mural. So young, so sad. V
John Hamers20-Oct-2020 21:06
Impressive memorial for those young people who lost their lives to gun violence. !V
Ursula Miller20-Oct-2020 20:47
A beautiful mural but a sad story behind! V
Dennis Hoyne20-Oct-2020 20:35
A touching memorial, but quite sad.
Tom Munson20-Oct-2020 18:46
Beautiful mural but indeed sad.
globalgadabout20-Oct-2020 18:08
the value of putting a face to a name is nowhere more relevant than in a country plagued with domestic violence on an unheard of scale...
Ton T.20-Oct-2020 17:51
A great tribute Helen! V
Someone said: "With so many domestic violence and killings the US needs no foreign enemy because they are their own enemy...."
MarcViskens20-Oct-2020 16:47
A sad story Helen
Why all this violence? It only causes pain
Apostolos Tikopoulos20-Oct-2020 16:37
Beautiful mural. nicely composed. V.
joseantonio20-Oct-2020 16:27
a very nice tribute.V.