The Ballston pedestrian bridge is shining blue and yellow tonight in support of Ukraine.
The two-year-old pedestrian bridge that stretches over Wilson Blvd, connecting with Ballston Quarter mall, will be running “blue and yellow lights 24/7 for the time being,” a county spokesperson tells ARLnow. It is a show of solidarity with the country that remains under attack by Russia.
Officials worked quickly with Arlington public arts staff to make this happen, after ARLnow was previously told that something of this nature was not in the works.
This comes as other neighboring localities, like D.C. and Alexandria, have enacted similar symbolic gestures in recent days.
DC @MayorBowser orders #Ukraine flags displayed along Pennsylvania Ave between White House and US Capitol. @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/M1YE1KWk0F
— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) March 1, 2022
On Monday night, the County Board issued a resolution condemning Russia’s “unprovoked attack” on Arlington’s sister city Ivano-Frankivsk in southwestern Ukraine.
“The Arlington County Board… stands in support and solidarity with the people of Ivano-Frankivsk and all of Ukraine in their defense of sovereignty and democracy,” said the resolution.