Collected Item: “A Distanced Graduation”
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A Distanced Graduation
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.
The image above shows the window of the Peaks Island Library, where the town celebrated their graduating seniors with a “Congrats class of 2020” sign. Surrounding the banner are the names of the high schools the students attended. Since the shutdown began just months before my class was set to graduate people all over the state have been putting up signs and decorations to give us a celebration. We had virtual commencement speeches, videos, lawn signs, balloons, and free pizzas that in a way made the year more special than a normal walk across the stage.
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#SuffolkUniversity, #PeaksIsland, #Class2024, #Graduation, #Celebration, #Maine, #Social Distanced
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Alida Benoit
Give this story a date.
2020-06-14