This morning, I again spent time at the memorial site where the deadliest massacre of Latinos in American history took place. Here, in my beautiful home. 1/pic.twitter.com/ynXg2mZu2n
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Thousands of El Pasoans and visitors from near and far have flocked here every day to pay their respects. Today was the first time I took photos. 2/pic.twitter.com/c8fw7n9O7A
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It is incredibly moving to be there in silent, painful solidarity with so many. 3/pic.twitter.com/6DVz8LJVKN
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There are flowers and candles everywhere. There are rosaries and art and statues and photos. 4/pic.twitter.com/ZZjevYutqC
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And there are posters. Rows and rows of posters with messages of grief and pain. Messages of hope and messages of anger. 5/pic.twitter.com/J0tbh1hAld
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There are volunteers handing out water and snacks to the people standing in the 100 degree heat under the relentless sun. 6/pic.twitter.com/HNDHnPrapY
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There’s patriotism — American and Mexican. There are flags, and innumerable symbols demonstrative of the pride we have in being a binational, bicultural community. 8/pic.twitter.com/PqpffUzsdJ
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Many of the art pieces use our beautiful mountains and the star that’s lit ever night as their artistic centerpiece. That mountain is as strong as we are. 10/pic.twitter.com/Qa0ihDwgwT
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There are balloons and teddy bears, poems and mementos. 11/pic.twitter.com/1Ms4sBmGe9
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