Senate Passes Bill to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

WGCU | By Michelle Alvarez

Published June 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM EDT

1 of 3 — Artwork and photos cover a fence around the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where a gunman killed 49 people on June 14, 2016.

Artwork and photos cover a fence around the Pulse nightclub Orlando, where a gunman killed 49 people on June 12, 2016.

2 of 3 — The Pulse Interim Memorial is dedicated to honoring the loss of innocent life and remembering the horrible attack that occurred on June 12, 2016.

The Pulse Interim Memorial is dedicated to honoring the loss of innocent life and remembering the horrible attack that occurred on June 12, 2016.

3 of 3 — Photos and keepsakes embellish the Pulse Interim Memorial located at the Pulse nightclub site south of downtown Orlando.

Photos and keepsakes embellish the Pulse Interim Memorial located at the Pulse nightclub site south of downtown Orlando.

The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that will officially make the site of Pulse nightclub a national memorial nearly five years after one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern American history.

The site of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history will now forever be remembered as a national memorial site.

Lawmakers in Washington D.C. voted, Wednesday, to officially make the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando a museum memorial.

The site of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history will now forever be remembered as a national memorial site: https://t.co/fR4jafCmMJ

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This Saturday, June 12, 2021, marks five years since the tragedy that took the lives of 49 people on a day that devastated and united the LGBTQ community.

The non-profit onePULSE Foundation was established by Pulse nightclub owner Barbara Poma. The foundation will be in charge of running the memorial and the museum.

A glass wall dedicated to those killed in the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.