POLO SHIRT – Liberia
Date
2015
Description
"Safe Burial Team/Remembering the Dead with Dignity," a polo shirt worn by the Liberian National Burial Team and other attendees during a relocation ceremony for the ash remains of people who had died from Ebola. The remains were taken to the Liberian National Cemetery for final burial on Decoration Day, 2015.
Observed since 1916, Decoration Day is a Liberian holiday that celebrates loved ones who have died.
Source
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Liberian National Burial Team
Citation
“POLO SHIRT – Liberia,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed November 24, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/8268.