Alaska Native veterans joined hundreds of Indigenous veterans from around the U.S. on Friday to commemorate a new memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian.
A slideshow of Native American military members plays at the dedication of the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.
The memorial is located at the National Museum of the American Indian and has a long history. Congress commissioned the memorial in the mid-1990s. But after the structure was finally completed in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed dedication ceremonies. At long last, Smith and more than 1,500 Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives gathered to dedicate the memorial on a rainy Veterans Day in Washington, D.C.
As a part of the ceremony, the Indigenous veterans processed on the National Mall. During the event, Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, a marine reservist, spoke about the “special patriotism” of Native veterans.
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