(5 Dec 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lewiston, Maine - 5 December 2023
1. Mid of Rachel Ferrante brushing snow from memorial
2. Various of memorial
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ferrante, Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor:
"We are collecting the memorial items at the bowling alley on Main and Lincoln Street and at the bar."
4. Wide of memorial next to road
5. Close of sign saying 'Don't worry, the item you left wasn't stolen.'
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ferrante, Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor:
"We just wrapped up a seven foot stuffed moose with a Santa hat who had a love Lewiston sign attached to his hat."
7. Workers wrapping up stuffed moose
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ferrante, Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor:
"This is by far the most meaningful work I've ever done in my life, and I'm glad to be doing some small part to help this community."
9. Ferrante storing parts of memorial
10. Wide of memorial
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ferrante, Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor:
"We're the history and culture museum - and - of the area, and this is a huge part of the community's history now, and the community response is a part of the culture here. And so documenting that and then ultimately displaying it, you know, for years to come is critical."
12. Close of 'I love you' in sign language statue
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanja Hollander, artist:
"I love you statues, those are amazing here, the moose is pretty incredible, it's very Maine to have an animal of significance. And I think that's important because it just effects the whole state."
14. Close of memorial
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanja Hollander, artist:
"We really wanted to save them before they were buried in more snow, and it's important to the community to do that, to make sure that there's some remembrance of this tragic event for decades to come."
16. Various of memorial
STORYLINE:
Volunteers and city workers have removed mementos, signs and other items that accumulated at the sites of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history.
The effort Tuesday comes as wet, wintry weather sets in and marks a new chapter in the area’s recovery from the Oct. 25 attacks in which a gunman killed 18 people and wounded 13 others at a bowling alley and a bar.
The handwritten signs, cards, bouquets and other items will be archived, catalogued and prepared for exhibition at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston.
Rachel Ferrante, executive director of the museum, says it's the most important work of her career.
Artist Tanja Hollander says "We really wanted to save them before they were buried in more snow, and it's important to the community to do that, to make sure that there's some remembrance of this tragic event for decades to come."
AP Video shot by Robert Bukaty.
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