The North Las Vegas VA Medical Center hosted a car show and barbecue Saturday, offering free food and information about available resources to veterans and their families. Organizers said the event aimed to bring better services to families and build a sense of community.
"And this is our way of honoring our nation's heroes, our Nevada community, reaching out to them and saying thank you to our retired veterans and active duty personnel," Robert Johnson of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System said.
Also on Saturday, the Spirit of Freedom American Legion Post 76 dedicated its America 250 monument at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. The two-sided monument honors the men and women who secured American independence.
Designed by Post 76 historian Gary Parriott, the monument features bronze-colored figures of the Concord Minuteman, representing the citizen-soldiers who answered the alarm in 1775, and Molly Pitcher, symbolizing the women who sustained the Revolution through service at home, in camps, and on battlefields. The figures are mounted on polished black granite.
The monument also honors all those who served in the subsequent 250 years to secure the nation's freedom.
Sources: 8 News Now
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