Constellation Garden Remembrance Memorial

On April 30th, 2019, Reed Parlier and Riley Howell lost their lives, four students were wounded, and classmates, families, friends, and an entire community were forever changed by a terrible event at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Remembrance is an act, a ritual, and an engagement with the past. Grounded by themes of illumination and healing, the Constellation Garden Remembrance Memorial aims to make remembrance visible and be held in the light, to strengthen the community through human connection, to acknowledge the magnitude of loss, and to embrace an optimistic and hopeful future.