内华达州退伍军人纪念碑新址11月11日揭幕：18尊铜像迁至 Las Vegas
位于内华达州克拉克县的 Las Vegas 市政府11月4日宣布，内华达州退伍军人纪念碑的新址将于退伍军人节11月11日（周三）下午4时30分举行揭幕仪式。纪念碑新址位于 Thunderbird Family Sports Complex 的西北端（6105 N. Durango Drive）。市长 Shelley Berkley、市议员 Francis Allen-Palenske 与州官员将与当地退伍军人一同出席；仪式包括联合武装部队仪仗队呈旗礼，并安排 Nellis 空军基地的飞越。
该纪念碑由内华达州、Las Vegas 市与独立非营利组织「市长拉斯维加斯生活基金」（Mayor's Fund for Las Vegas LIFE）合作建成。主体是18尊由雕塑家 Douwe Blumberg 创作的大型铜像，每尊高约7.5英尺，原立于已停用的 Grant Sawyer 州政府大楼外，现迁至市西北区的新永久地址；这批铜像2011年由州方委托创作，纪念自独立战争至今的美国军事服役。新址还配有露天长廊、绿化、露天剧场与说明牌。
市政府表示，该项目为纪念碑建立了一个永久的家，向内华达州逾20万名退伍军人致敬，并提供纪念、疗愈、启迪与教育的场所。揭幕仪式将通过市电视台与其 YouTube 频道直播，工程承建商为 Rafael Construction。
（来源：拉斯维加斯市政府）
New Nevada State Veterans Memorial Opens in Las Vegas With Veterans Day Ceremony
The City of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada, announced on November 4 that the new home of the Nevada State Veterans Memorial will open with a Veterans Day ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11. The memorial is located at the northwest end of the Thunderbird Family Sports Complex, 6105 N. Durango Drive. Mayor Shelley Berkley, Ward 4 Councilwoman Francis Allen-Palenske and state officials will join local veterans; the event includes the presentation of colors by the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard and a scheduled flyover by Nellis Air Force Base.
The memorial is a partnership of the State of Nevada, the City of Las Vegas and the Mayor's Fund for Las Vegas LIFE, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It features 18 larger-than-life bronze statues by sculptor Douwe Blumberg, each about 7.5 feet tall, relocated from outside the former Grant Sawyer state building to their new permanent home in the city's northwest. The statues were commissioned by the state in 2011 to honor American military service from the Revolutionary War to the present day. The project also includes an open-air promenade with landscaping, an amphitheater and informational signage.
The city said the project establishes a permanent home for the sculptures honoring Nevada's more than 200,000 veterans, in a place of healing, inspiration and education. The ceremony will be broadcast live on city of Las Vegas TV and its YouTube channel. The contractor was Rafael Construction.
(Source: City of Las Vegas)
来源：拉斯维加斯市政府
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图片来源：图：Las Vegas 市政厅大楼。Neaco 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Las Vegas City Hall. Photo by Neaco, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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