DES MOINES, Iowa —

About three dozen people walked along Evelyn K. Davis Park in Des Moines Saturday evening.

But they carried signs with the faces — and legacies — of hundreds more. Each face is a memorial to someone who lost their life to drug or gun violence.

One of those faces was Marion Harris, the son of Joyce Webster, who died over a decade ago.

"This, to me, is like it still happened yesterday, you know?" Webster said. "He's one of the loves of my life. A part of me died when he died."

Mothers Against Violence founder Calvetta Berry started the nonprofit after Harris' death. Berry said Saturday's Victim Walk is a way to honor the memories of those gone.

"When people die, people are there. They honor, they remember, they get shirts. But a year goes by, and no one remembers but

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