Arizona home displays white flags for people who died from COVID-19

TEMPE, Ariz. — Gone, but not forgotten. That is the message an Arizona woman wants to convey with the white flags she has been planting in her front yard.

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Stephanie Williams, of Tempe, has been putting the flags in her yard in memory of people in the United States who have died because of the novel coronavirus, KNXV reported.

“It’s a sadness you just kind of face every day,” Williams told the television station.

In addition to the flags -- one flag represents 1,000 people -- Williams has placed a large sign across her garage, explaining the meanings of the flags.

“I thought I just need to do something that will remind us of all the fellow Americans we’re losing,” Williams told KNXV.

There are now 330 flags in Williams’ yard. The latest figures from Johns Hopkins University shows that 330,252 people have died nationwide from COVID-19. In Arizona, 8,409 people have died from the virus.

“It’s really a recognition of just how significant this is,” Williams’ neighbor, Dan Anderson, told KNXV. “It’s really hard to conceptualize big numbers.

“Each of them, while they represent a thousand people, what about their spouses, what about their brothers and sisters, what about their children, their grandchildren? So many people are impacted by this loss.”

Williams agreed.

“These people should not be forgotten,” she told KNXV.

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