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Removal and composting sign
Blue sign with white text informing readers about memorial preservation and removal scheduled for November 12, 2018. Reverse contains a message about flower composting written in bold strokes of black marker on white background.
Historical Notes
In the days after the October 27 attack, people began leaving objects at two locations outside the Tree of Life synagogue--one at the corner of Wilkins and Shady avenues in front of the Zittrain Gardens, and the other on a private lawn at Wilkins and Murray avenues, just beyond police barricades. Community volunteers moved the entirety of these two memorials inside the Tree of Life building on November 14, 2018, for preservation purposes. Most of these objects including this one were moved to archival preservation. Over the following year, but a small number were arranged in public display in the windows of the Hailperin Sanctuary lobby. Rauh Jewish Archives staff and volunteers dismantled this display on February 16, 2023, and the objects were brought to the archive for preservation. As this sign indicates, dismantling these memorials was originally scheduled for November 12, 2018; due to unexpected circumstances, the removal was delayed by two days. Some of the floral bouquets, which were scheduled to be removed for composting on November 15, 2018, were dried and preserved.
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Tree of Life Congregation, New Light Congregation, Congregation Dor Hadash, Tree of Life Inc., The 10.27 Healing Partnership
