WTOP: Soul Box Project on the National Mall highlights staggering gun violence statistics

By Editor On Oct 17, 2021 Last updated Oct 17, 2021

This weekend 200,000 hand-folded origami boxes were displayed on the National Mall, each representing a person killed by gun violence.

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