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Covid memorial

Erection date: 29/3/2021

This work consists of approximately 240,000 red and pink hearts, one for each of the UK Covid deaths.

Volunteers created this mural and, 2024, continue to maintain it.  First created over 10 days from 29 March 2021, it has been extended and maintained as necessary. Many of the hearts contain dedications written by members of the bereaved families.

This mural has never had permission from the Council and there has been an on-going discussion about, first removing it, but more recently, about preserving it.

The mural was organized by 'Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice', with the help of the campaign group 'Led by Donkeys'.

Site: Covid memorial (1 memorial)

SE1, Albert Embankment

We've put our pin at the gate in our photograph but the red hearts on the wall extend a long way to the south, more than one third of a mile. The wall is the western boundary of St Thomas's Hospital. It faces Parliament across the Thames.

The wall has its own website.

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Covid 19 pandemic

Also called Coronavirus. The general consensus is that the pandemic originate...

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

From their website, 2024: "Having secured statutory public inquiries in the U...

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Led by Donkeys

From their Facebook page: "Art, activism and accountability. All our work is ...

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