Internet Artist Labels South Carolina Bridge "Harambe Memorial"

The internet in 2016 seemed like a simpler place. Attentions were far less stratified than they are today, and there were more world-spanning events that seemed to enter the zeitgeist beyond the terminally online. One of those events was the tragic death of Harambe the western lowland gorilla. The internet took the gorilla’s shooting (after a three-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure) and ran with it, posting countless memes and tributes. To this day, people are still proverbially pouring one out for the downed homie.

After the city of Mauldin, South Carolina announced a vote to name its newest interstate pedestrian bridge crossing I-385, predictably with the most milquetoast name choices possible, one terminally online person took it upon themselves to name the bridge themselves, according to Fox Carolina. Using Google Maps, the anonymous actor gave the bridge its temporary name, The Harambe Memorial Bridge. As part of the performance art piece, a small memorial was set up on the bridge, featuring a small stuffed gorilla, a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and a cigarette.

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