“This memorial is designed to have life and legs,” he said.
Mayor John Tecklenburg called the memorial a “sacred public space” and celebrated its potential to foster healing.
Chris Singleton, son of the late Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, said the memorial was a helpful way forward from tragedy.
Malcolm Graham, brother of the late Cynthia Graham Hurd, said the site is “where love and harmony prevail over hatred and division.”
“Together we can channel our pain into positive action,” he said. “As Cynthia would say, keep the faith, do the work.”
Fundraising efforts, years of design and planning, and delays caused by the COVID pandemic, finally are in the rearview mirror as the Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation broke ground today, signaling the start of the construction phase of the memorial project.https://t.co/bolJ34ysIL
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) July 22, 2023