POLO SHIRT – Liberia

2016.110.003 - Liberian Burial Polo Front.JPG
2016.110.003 - Liberian Burial Polo Back.JPG

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 May 3, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/8268.