Planting A Nonviolent Future: New Haven Mothers Honor Victims of Gun Violence
April 24th, 2020
By John Besche, Staff Reporter
Nestled between West Rock and the West River, a plot of land on Valley Street is being transformed from nondescript park land into a memorial garden that will be the first of its kind in the United States. The Memorial Garden for Victims of Gun Violence in New Haven — set to open late this summer — will be the first space to serve explicitly as a memorial garden for victims of gun violence, as a space to mourn, reflect and heal.
The cohort of mothers in New Haven who spearheaded this project wanted more than a cemetery to memorialize and honor their children who were taken by gun violence. They believe that this garden will be a gift not only for their children’s legacy, but to a city badly beaten by decades of bloodshed. They hope that it may even force people to lay down guns for good.
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