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Detroit mayor to take part in Oval Office meeting with Biden
Read full article: Detroit mayor to take part in Oval Office meeting with BidenDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan speaks at a Detroit Memorial Day event to honor COVID-19 victims on Aug. 31, 2020. DETROIT โ Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has been invited to take part in an Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden, the White House said Thursday. The Biden administrationโs American Rescue Plan will be discussed at the bi-partisan meeting Friday of governors and mayors, the White House said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has told Detroit it will be reimbursed about $18 million to cover the city's coronavirus-related costs including money spent on administering vaccines. โI was confident we would get reimbursed at some point.โAdDuggan is a Democrat who this year will seek his third consecutive four-year term as Detroitโs mayor.
They had 'dreams and plans': Detroit honors COVID-19 victims
Read full article: They had 'dreams and plans': Detroit honors COVID-19 victimsDETROIT โ The city turned an island park into an extraordinary memorial garden Monday as cars packed with grieving families slowly traveled past hundreds of photos of Detroit residents who died from COVID-19. Mayor Mike Duggan declared a Detroit Memorial Day to honor the 1,500-plus city victims of the pandemic. Gretchen Whitmer said at Belle Isle. Cher Conerโs mother, Joyce, had died of sepsis, not COVID-19, but she couldnโt have a traditional funeral because of virus restrictions. He took it and ran with it,โ said Coner, whose motherโs photo is on Belle Isle.
LIVE STREAM: Detroit Memorial Day service for victims of COVID-19
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: Detroit Memorial Day service for victims of COVID-19DETROIT โ Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 is โDetroit Memorial Day.โThis day is to honor the more than 1,500 people who have died from COVID-19 this year in the city of Detroit. A procession of vehicles has been making its way around Belle Isle. About 900 printed photos of victims were lining the road on the island. Watch the cityโs daylong service live here with coverage from WRCJ:
They had 'dreams and plans': Detroit honors COVID-19 victims
Read full article: They had 'dreams and plans': Detroit honors COVID-19 victimsDETROIT โ The city turned an island park into an extraordinary memorial garden Monday as cars packed with grieving families slowly traveled past hundreds of photos of Detroit residents who died from COVID-19. Mayor Mike Duggan declared a Detroit Memorial Day to honor the 1,500-plus city victims of the pandemic. Gretchen Whitmer said at Belle Isle. Cher Conerโs mother, Joyce, had died of sepsis, not COVID-19, but she couldnโt have a traditional funeral because of virus restrictions. He took it and ran with it,โ said Coner, whose motherโs photo is on Belle Isle.
Detroit holds memorial day for COVID-19 victims
Read full article: Detroit holds memorial day for COVID-19 victimsDETROIT โ The city of Detroit is holding a memorial day on Monday to honor more than 1,500 residents who died from COVID-19. On Monday, โDetroit Memorial Day,โ families are driving their cars in 15 consecutive funeral processions past nearly 900 billboard-sized photos of loved ones staked around Belle Isle. The photos represent a majority of the 1,500 Detroiters lost to the virus between through early August. Portraits of COVID-19 victims line the street Aug. 31, 2020 on Belle Isle in Detroit. (WDIV)Duggan spoke at 8:15 a.m. at the foot of the bridge to Belle Isle.
Detroit families encouraged to submit photos of loved ones for citywide COVID-19 memorial
Read full article: Detroit families encouraged to submit photos of loved ones for citywide COVID-19 memorialDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan has declared August 31, 2020 as Detroit Memorial Day to acknowledge residents who have died from COVID-19. The day will be recognized with a citywide memorial featuring large photo boards of passed Detroit residents along a route on Belle Isle. Families and friends are encouraged to drive the route and say goodbye to their loved ones on August 31. The city of Detroit is requesting families to send photographs of their loved ones who have died from COVID-19 so that they can be displayed along the route on August 31. Families interested in submitting photos of their loved ones for the Detroit memorial event can do so before July 31 through one of the following options:Online here,by emailing detroitmemorial2020@gmail.comor by mailing: Detroit Memorial 2020, P.O.