Lombardy is a densely populated area in North Italy with about 10 million inhabitants. Its death toll during the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the highest in the world with 33,416 fatalities as of May 19, 2021. On November 2, as the second wave crept in, I gathered my camera and went to the Monumentale Cemetery of Milan on the day in which the tombstones dedicated to the new meritorious inscribed in the Famedio are revealed during a solemn ceremony. Behind the scenes, two lady officers in full uniform make themselves ready for the big moment.