Orange Shirts Honor Gun Violence Victims

Grace Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill is turning grief into a powerful visual statement for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, covering their lawn in orange shirts—each representing a victim of gun violence in South Carolina last year—with black “X” shirts honoring those lost. For Stephanie Harrison, whose son Marquise was killed in 2015, the display is deeply personal and a call to action. She founded “Stop Killing Our Children” to fill the gap in grief support she desperately needed after losing her son. Organizers like Katie Rutland hope the display—one shirt for every ten victims—will stop people in their tracks and ignite real change. The community gathers Friday evening for a candlelight memorial at 7 PM, with the shirts remaining on display all weekend as a haunting, hopeful reminder that lives matter and change must come. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/4f562f75faf42e8c