Gov. Polis holds night of remembrance on 1 year anniversary of COVID-19 in Colorado

Mar 06, 2021

DENVER — To mark one year since Colorado confirmed its first COVID-19 case, Governor Jared Polis invited Coloradans across the state to join in on a virtual "Evening of Remembrance."

To date, nearly 6,000 Coloradans have died from COVID-19. More than 430,000 people in the state have contracted the virus in the last calendar year.

At 6:30 p.m. on March 5, Governor Polis delivered an address to the state about COVID-19. Rocky Mountain PBS streamed the address live on our Facebook page.

Before that, a WWII-era aircraft performed a flyover over the state capitol building at 4:30 p.m.

Here is more information on the event from the governor’s office:

If you have building lights, turn them magenta at 6:00 PM. Magenta represents universal love: compassion and kindness.

If communities are able to and feel it's safe, that police and fire departments turn their lights on at 6:00 PM for one minute.

Cities, counties, organizations, businesses participating (will be updated on a rolling basis) include:

Ridgeway
Windsor
Golden
Northglenn
Aurora
Bennett
Superior
Pueblo
Centennial
Snowmass Village
Blue River
Fruita
Glenwood Springs
Colorado Springs
Arapahoe County
El Paso County
Denver
Durango
Boulder
Fort Collins
Ophir
Brighton
Commerce City
Arvada
Nederland
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