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Dedication Ceremony, November 14, 2012 |
Photo by Lizard Light Productions
The Memorial is the first and only known monument to American Indian veterans of many conflicts. Funded from a gift from TriWest Healthcare Alliance, it was designed by John Douglas Architects with construction services by Kitchell. The ceremony was funded by APS. |
More than 450 veterans, dignitaries, museum members and volunteers and members of the public attended the November 14 dedication of the American Indian Veterans National Memorial (left) at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. |
Photo by Lizard Light Productions
 
Photo by Lizard Light Productions Photo by Lizard Light Productions |
The Pledge of Allegiance at the dedication was led by Navajo Code Talker Joe Kellwood (left). Kellwood was joined at the ceremony by fellow Code Talker Arthur Hubbard Sr.
Lt. Michael Edwin Thornton (Cherokee), a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and the last living American Indian recipient of the Medal of Honor (bottom right), was a featured speaker. A veteran (bottom left) stands at attention while looking at "Unconquered II," the Memorial's heroic bronze of Chiricahua Apache sculptor Allan Houser (1914-1994). |
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Photo by Mark Scarp |
Master of ceremonies retired Army Col. Joey Strickland (left), director of the Arizona Department of Veterans Services, salutes as flags are presented by combined color guards from several veterans groups that participated in the ceremony. The host color guard was from the American Legion Ira Hayes Post 84, Sacaton. |
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Photo by Mark Scarp
Photo by Mark Scarp |
TriWest Healthcare Alliance CEO Dave McIntyre (at microphone in left photo) introduces Lt. Thornton while Col. Strickland listens.
Heard Museum Board of Trustees Secretary Dr. George Blue Spruce Jr. (Ohkay Owingeh/Laguna Pueblo) (lower left photo), a U.S. Navy veterans who was assistant surgeon general, speaks at the dedication. Both he and fellow board member Life Trustee Dr. Wayne Mitchell (Dakota Sioux/Mandan), a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, offered recollections of their and others' proud military service. Both served on the museum's committee that planned the Memorial and ceremony. |
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Photo by Craig Smith
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A Vietnam War veteran (left) holds an American flag as part of several color guards whose members participated in the November 14 dedication of the American Indian Veterans National Memorial on the grounds of the Heard Museum in Phoenix. |
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Photo by Craig Smith Photo by Lizard Light Productions |
A veteran in headdress (left) looks on during the Memorial dedication ceremony.
Members of several color guards (right) march from the Libby Amphitheater toward the Memorial in a Grand Entry at the start of the ceremony. |
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Photo by Mark Scarp |
(Left) Six days before the ceremony, on November 8, workers lower the more than 9-foot, one-ton bronze by Allan Houser, "Unconquered II," onto its base at the Memorial. |
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