MEDIA ADVISORY— Tuesday March 13, from 8:30am, near the US Capitol: Shoes Memorial to 7,000 kids killed by guns in the US since the Sandy Hook school massacre / More details and contacts here ...

ST. PETERSBURG Fla. (WFLA) — As the church bells ring at Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, 120 shoes line the courtyard. “It’s using something very physical and very … ...

More that 1,000 pairs of empty shoes and military combat boots were on display. Organizers say that the memorial is an impactful way to visualize the toll of suicide.

A chilling memorial was set up in Washington on Tuesday to call for an end to gun violence. About 7,000 pairs of empty shoes lined the lawn outside the Capitol building.

Thousands of empty shoes placed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol stand for the 7,000 children who lost their lives from gun violence since Sandy Hook.

"The pair of empty shoes reminds us that these are real people,” Lynn Stinski, Center for Suicide Awareness, said. “They live on in our hearts but their voice has been silent because of the ...