Hardly Any 1918 Flu Memorials Exist. Will We Remember COVID-19 Differently?

Architecture firm Gómez Platero is leading a $1.5 million project to create a monument to the victims of COVID-19 — the world

Traditional monuments commemorate politicians or war heroes but rarely victims of disease. We must “mark how profound the catastrophic loss of life has been,” says Monument Lab Director Paul Farber.

(Image credit: Ian Brodie/Gómez Platero)

Traditional monuments commemorate politicians or war heroes but rarely victims of disease. We must “mark how profound the catastrophic loss of life has been,” says Monument Lab Director Paul Farber.