Call the black-and-white sticker bearing the “Vegas Strong” hash tag No. 2017.34M.7053 because, from now on, that’ll be the way it can be found in the Clark County Museum’s collection.
Las Vegas Shooting
Las Vegas area museums and archivists have spent the past year collecting and preserving artifacts related to the Oct. 1 shooting and its aftermath, along with stories of those affected by it.
The hardest thing about creating “Love and Courage?” Not its size (more than 6 feet tall). Not its weight (almost 3,000 pounds, including its base). Not even the incalculable artistry and physical labor required to transform two massive slabs of fossilized New York bluestone into ethereal angel wings.
The messages — plaintive, defiant, encouraging, empathetic — appear on a poster sent to Southern Nevadans by, the poster says, “the Pulse family and all of Orlando” during the weeks following the Oct. 1 Route 91 Harvest festival shooting.
Creators of a comics anthology about the Route 91 Harvest festival shootings will attend a signing Saturday.
Volunteers are helping the broad array of Oct. 1 memorial items take a permanent place in the Clark County Museum.
Nearly five months after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, Southern Nevadans continue to channel their grief through mementos.