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Collected Item: “Red ribbons at P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman”

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Red ribbons at P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

photograph

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I took these two photos in Downtown Manhattan at Public School 42. There were red ribbons tied around the iron fence that appear to have wishes or hopes from students. Some of the ribbons are hard to read, but one says "[Illegible] make homeless people happy by giving them things I don't need" and another says "My [illegible] that COVID-19 will stop forever". All of the ribbons where the grade level is visible indicate that the ribbons were made by fourth graders.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

ribbon, hope, desire, dream, elementary, fourth grade, children, P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman, Chinatown, Downtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City, New York

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Nicholas Harvey

Give this story a date.

2021-06-13
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