Those Who Died From COVID-19 Memorialized At Hatboro's Miller Meadow For The Next Week

HATBORO, PA — A stark reminder about the deadliness of the coronavirus is currently greeting visitors to one local park.

A COVID-19 memorial is temporarily on display at the Miller Meadow public space in Hatboro, with white flags lining the park’s grounds to symbolize those who have lost their lives to the virus.

The Hatboro Rotary Club recently shared the news on its Facebook page. It says that Hatboro resident Alexander Myers placed the temporary memorial at Miller Meadow after getting approval from the Hatboro Borough Council to do so following his submittal of a formal application.

The memorial, which consists of white flags representing COVID-19 victims, will remain in place for one week.

Each white flag at the memorial represents 1,000 people in the United States who have been killed by the virus. There are currently 628 flags standing, equating to the more than 628,000 victims who have lost their lives to the pandemic since it began more than a year-and-a-half ago, according to the Rotary Club.

The memorial can be viewed in Miller Meadow, at the corner of Horsham and York Roads in Hatboro.