Frontline Workers: An Historic Appreciation

At the one-year anniversary of the start of closures and lockdowns in the United States related to the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic, we, as so many others, are reflecting on those who kept our society running while our day-to-day life radically changed. These artifacts show how much we have always depended on the "essential workers" covered here (and many others not covered), while a pandemic year brought that dependence into sharper relief.