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The memorial will be dedicated to the 49 people killed in the massacre at Pulse nightclub. The shift marks less a torch passing and more a takeover following a year of controversy over the management of the planning.
This week the first in a series of town hall meetings and an online survey will gather input on creating a memorial at the site of the tragedy.
Making the designation, through a bill passed by Congress and expected to be signed by President Biden, is "absolutely the right thing to do," says U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla.
A new memorial will honor the 49 victims killed in the Pulse attack and could be completed as soon as next week.
The former president paid a surprise visit to the memorial Wednesday afternoon.
The onePULSE Foundation released the video in hopes of helping police identify the suspect.
Florida budgeted for a Parkland memorial the year the shooting happened, but Pulse survivors are still fighting for the money three years later.
Family members, friends, and even those who did not know the 49 victims killed in Orlando continue to pay their respects at the city's largest memorial site downtown.
The president heralded the legislation but also noted that commemorations of tragedies bring back horrifying memories for survivors.
Numerous men still say they saw Omar Mateen at Pulse or on gay dating apps, but authorities have dismissed their accounts as unreliable.
A new tribute to the killed and injured reflects the struggle of Orlando's queer community to move on after America's second-deadliest mass shooting.
The out journalist's kindness is infused into the Holding Hands statue, dedicated to Christopher "Drew" Leinonen.
The site has already been visited by so many, and now it will forever be a place to remember.
It's been four months since the mass shooting at the Orlando gay nightclub, but the pain hasn't subsided.
“Anything we would ever do would include a memorial,” the bar's owner has said. “We are still working through our grief.”
Signs that read "Hispanos con Trump" and "The Silent Majority Stands With Trump" are seen in the windows.
A little more than a month after the Orlando massacre that left 49 dead, police in Fort Myers are investigating another case of deadly gunfire inside a nightclub.
Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine laid flowers at a memorial surrounding the Orlando, Fla. club, alongside former Rep. Gabby Giffords as well as her husband astronaut Mark Kelly and Sen. Bill Nelson.
A vigil took place on Sunday at Pulse Interim Memorial in Orlando to honor the five people lost during the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
Orlando's mayor made the announcement Wednesday.
The news comes only days after the city of Orlando announced it would try to buy the location of the nightclub site.
