This year marks the fourth anniversary of 1 October.
Clark County will host a 1 October Anniversary Exhibit today through Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Rotunda Gallery, located on the first floor of the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway in downtown Las Vegas.
The Government Center is open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Rotunda will be open to the public on Friday, Oct. 1, until noon following the 7 a.m. Sunrise Remembrance ceremony in the Government Center’s outdoor amphitheater.
“It’s important to honor the lives that were lost and those that have been changed forever as a result of 1 October,” said Clark County Commission Chairman Marilyn Kirkpatrick. “Many people live with the events of that day every day. It was a time of tremendous sadness as well as tremendous compassion and unity in our community.”
“Thousands of lives were impacted by the violence that occurred on 1 October, and those who suffer are not alone or forgotten,” said Clark County Commission Vice Chairman Jim Gibson. “Our community also can be proud of the resiliency we showed in response to the tragedy and in our continued support of each other with every passing year.”
The exhibit features a display of quilts donated to the Resiliency Center for this year’s quilt raffle for 1 October survivors and family members who lost loved ones.
A listing of activities and events being held this year to honor victims and survivors of the 1 October attack is posted on the Resiliency Center calendar at www.vegasstrongrc.org/remembrance. The Rotunda exhibit also includes a display to inform the public of the ongoing work of Clark County’s 1 October Memorial Committee, which was established by the Clark County Commission to gather input to build a permanent memorial that remembers those who perished in the attack, honors survivors, first responders and all those affected by the incident, and celebrates the resiliency of our community.
The Art of Healing Murals created by local artists to commemorate the first anniversary of 1 October also is on display in addition to the Angels of Love exhibit, which contains glass angels in remembrance of the lives lost and the hundreds of people wounded as well as memorabilia to honor law enforcement and agencies that responded to the attack.
Additionally, the Clark County Museum has created a 1 October display case within its exhibit hall at 1830 S Boulder Highway.
The display includes a small selection of items from the museum’s October 1st Collection that were left at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign after the shooting including stuffed animals, ribbons, and artwork.
The 1 October case has been added to the museum’s permanent timeline exhibit that chronicles Clark County history. Museum volunteers spent 18 months cataloging 22,000 artifacts left at the Welcome sign and other locations. Every artifact has been photographed and is online and available for viewing on the museum’s website page. The museum also is collecting stories behind memorial items to be included in its efforts to preserve the memory of our community’s reaction to the 1 October tragedy.
A form is posted on the museum’s website at https://tinyurl.com/2bjf6444 for anyone interested in sharing their story about what they left at one of the memorial sites. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children.