Thousands gathered at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. on Saturday, demanding gun control reform from their elected officials. 

The March for Our Lives demonstration, organized by survivors of gun violence, follows two mass shootings last month in the United States. 

A shooting at a Texas elementary school left 19 children and two teachers dead, and another at a New York grocery store resulted in 10 Black shoppers killed. 

Gun control advocate David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Florida mass shooting that killed 17 high schoolers, spoke to the crowds. 

They urged U.S. senators to continue to negotiate a compromise deal on gun control reform and school safety legislation.

More than 45,000 flowers have been arranged on the mall, each representing a U.S. gun violence victim from the last year.  

The temporary memorial was commissioned by former U.S. House Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head at an event in 2011 and survived.

March for Our Lives was founded by children who survived the 2018 mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Thousands joined together to demand stricter national gun laws in Washington D.C. after the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.

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