TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Capitol will be illuminated amber on Tuesday as part of the Biden-Harris inauguration’s national moment of unity and remembrance for the more than 397,000 American lives lost to COVID-19.Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried requested the capitol lighting, according to a news release from her office.
Fried is the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida.State capitols and town halls across the nation are set to illuminate on Tuesday alongside the first-ever lighting display around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Poll in Washington.More than 24,136 Floridians have died from COVID-19 since the coronavirus began in March.“It’s my honor to request that Florida’s Capitol be lit in their memory, with.