沙漠盾牌与沙漠风暴纪念碑10月24日上午揭幕落户国家广场林肯纪念堂旁
2026年10月24日（周六）上午11时，纪念参加1990年至1991年对伊拉克军事行动的美国军人的沙漠盾牌与沙漠风暴纪念碑，将在华盛顿特区的国家广场举行揭幕仪式。纪念碑位于宪法大道与西北23街交汇的西南角，紧邻林肯纪念堂与越战老兵纪念碑。这座纪念碑的建设酝酿十多年，美国众议院早在2014年就授权兴建。揭幕仪式是海湾战争老兵与家属多年争取的结果：沙漠盾牌行动与沙漠风暴行动距今已有35年，参战军人长期以来没有一座位于国家广场核心区的专属纪念碑。对华盛顿地区居民与游客而言，新纪念碑的落成使国家广场的纪念建筑群再添一处，也为老兵家庭提供了一个正式的凭吊场所。
Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial Unveiled October 24 Beside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall
At 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, the National Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial, honoring the U.S. service members of the 1990-91 military operations against Iraq, was unveiled on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The memorial stands at the southwest corner of Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street NW, next to the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Its construction had been in the works for more than a decade; the U.S. House of Representatives authorized it back in 2014. The unveiling is the result of years of advocacy by Gulf War veterans and their families: 35 years after Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the troops who served long lacked a dedicated memorial of their own in the core of the National Mall. For residents of the Washington area and for visitors, the new memorial adds another site to the Mall's memorial landscape and gives veterans' families a formal place of remembrance.
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