As he honors Pride Month at the White House, President Biden on Friday signed a law to designate the site of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Florida where a gunman in 2016 killed 49 people and wounded dozens, as the National Pulse Memorial. “May we never have to sign — no president ever have to sign — a monument like this,” Mr.
Biden said Friday, surrounded by survivors of the shooting, as well as family members of victims and members of Florida’s Congressional delegation, among others.
The legislation, which will transform the former site of the popular club into a permanent memorial with a reflecting pool, was adopted by Congress earlier this month.