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Daily Record
National
Sharon Liptrott

Oak tree planted in Dumfries to mark second anniversary of coronavirus lockdown

A native oak tree was planted in Dumfries on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the UK’s original Covid-19 lockdown.

The commemoration, in the grounds of Dumfries Museum, also honoured “all those who responded to the pandemic across Dumfries and Galloway”.

Depute council leader Rob Davidson welcomed people to the ceremony which included 10 local artists involved in the town’s Atlas Pandemica Maps to a Kinder World public art project and The Stove Network.

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