The Borderland came together for ‘A Day of Remembrance’ to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso at the Community Healing Garden National Memorial at Ascarate Park on Saturday.
El Paso County and the El Paso United Family Resiliency Center hosted the event to promote unity and healing and honor the 23 people who were killed, the dozens who were injured, and the families impacted in the shooting.
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The ceremony included luminaria lighting, a reading of the names of the victims and lighting of 23 beams. Unveiled at the memorial was a new mural completed by El Paso artists Blanca Estrada, Albert “Tino” Ortega and Cesar Inostroza and an “eternal flame” donated by the One Gas Foundation of Texas Gas Service. El Paso Pro Musica played instrumental music.
Below is a photo gallery of the event by Corrie Boudreaux, a freelance photojournalist with El Paso Matters.
Families, survivors, and other community members gather at the Healing Garden in Ascarate Park for the unveiling of a mural to honor the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)Shantel Morales, right, and her therapy dog, Woodhouse, greet attendees at a ceremony to mark on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)A volunteer lights a luminary in the Healing Garden in preparation for a ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)A man visits the Healing Garden, a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Walmart shooting, Aug. 3, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)A relative of Gerhard Alexander Hoffman takes a photo of his plaque at El Paso County’s Healing Garden on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)A detail of a new mural at the Healing Garden in Ascarate Park, unveiled on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)El Paso County officials and artists Tino Ortega, Cesar Inostroza, and Blanca Estrada prepare for the unveiling of a new mural at the Healing Garden in Ascarate Park on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)A beam of light is lit for each of the 23 victims of the Walmart shooting as their names are read at the Healing Garden, Aug. 3, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)Families view a mural created by Blanca Estrada, Tino Ortega, and Cesar Inostroza at the Healing Garden after its unveiling on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)A detail from a section of the mural created by Cesar Inostroza, Aug. 3, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)The Eternal Flame, sponsored by Texas Gas, is lit for the first time on Aug. 3, 2024. It will remain lighted permanently in honor of those affected by the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)Families view a mural created by Blanca Estrada, Tino Ortega, and Cesar Inostroza at the Healing Garden after its unveiling on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)Families view a mural created by Blanca Estrada, Tino Ortega, and Cesar Inostroza at the Healing Garden after its unveiling on the fifth anniversary of the Walmart shooting. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Matters)
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