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F.O.E. Ten Commandment Monuments in Nevada (8)
| Carson City, Nevada
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Carson City, NV Ten Commandments Monument
Photo by Patrick Giblin (Inkyhack / Flickr.com) |
Children’ Museum of Northern Nevada
Screenshot: Google Maps street view October 2012 (monument lower right)
Donated by FOE: 1971
Current Location: Old Civic Auditorium, 813 N. Carson St., which has been turned into the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada.
Original Location: Nevada State Capitol Building, 101 North Carson Street.
Scroll: “Presented To The City / Of Carson City, Nevada / By / Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order Of Eagles / 1971”
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| Fallon, Nevada |
Fallon Veterans Memorial at City Hall
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Fallon, NV Ten Commandments Monument |
Donated by FOE: 1972
Location: Veterans Memorial courtyard at Fallon City Hall, 55 W. Williams Ave. Monument is on S. Carson St. side.
Scroll: “Presented To The / City Of Fallon, Nevada / By / Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order Of Eagles / 1972”
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| Las Vegas, Nevada
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Las Vegas, NV Ten Commandments Monument
Dula Gymnasium
Photo by Mel Lipman (November 2014) |
Donated by FOE: 1973
Location: Dula Gymnasium, 441 E. Bonansza Rd. The monument faces N. Las Vegas Blvd. (The gym is next to Municipal Pool and the Las Vegas Senior Center.)
Scroll: “Presented To The City / Of / Las Vegas Nevada / By Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order Of Eagles / 1973”
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| Lovelock, Nevada
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Pershing County Courthouse
Screenshot: Google Maps street view June 2015 (monument above security planter on the left)
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Lovelock, NV Ten Commandments Monument
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Donated by FOE: 1967
Location: Pershing County Courthouse, Central Ave. & Main St.
Scroll: “Presented To The City / Of Lovelock, Nevada / By / Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order Of Eagles / 1967”
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| Reno, Nevada
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Comment: According to the Nevada State Journal, May 8, 1966, an Eagles monument intended for Reno was broken in transit. No replacement monument was ordered.
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| Sparks, Nevada |
Burgess Park (prior location)
Monument to the left of the swing set
Screenshot Google Maps street view (Aug. 2011)
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Sparks, NV Ten Commandments Monument
Photo courtesy of Daniel White (June 2017)
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Donated by FOE: 1970
Current Location: Sparks Aerie No. 2625 at 416 Pyramid Way (behind the Sparks Church of God). (The monument was erected in the spring of 2017 and is currently being landscaped.)
Previous Location: Burgess Park, 1605 Pyramid Way. The Eagles monument in the above photo is to the left of the swing set.
Original Location: City Hall, 431 Prater Way.
Scroll: “Presented To The / City Of Sparks Nevada / By / . . .”
Notes: The Sparks Aerie reached out to the City of Sparks Parks and Recreation Department inquiring whether the City would be willing to return the Ten Commandments to the Eagles. The City returned the monument to the Eagles in June 2016.
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| Virginia City, Nevada
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Roadside park
Screenshot: Google Maps street view June 2015
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Virginia City, NV Ten Commandments Monument
Courtesty of Rob Schneider (June 2017)
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Donated by FOE: 1971
Current Location: Roadside park overlooking the mountains at C Street between Carson and D Streets (Google Maps at 382 C St., Virginia City, NV).
Original location: Unknown. The monument was at one time located west of I-15 on the west side of old Highway 91 Railroad Underpass, 2 miles SW of the Valley of Fire/Smoke Shop exit.
Scroll: “Presented To / Virginia City, Nevada / By / Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order Of Eagles / 1971”
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| Winnemucca, Nevada |
Winnemucca, NV Ten Commandments Monument
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Humboldt County Courthouse
Donated by FOE: 1975
Location: Humboldt County Courthouse, S. Bridge St.
Scroll: “Presented To / Humboldt County / By / Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order of Eagles / 1975”
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| Yerington, Nevada
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Lyon County Courthouse
Google Maps street view May 2015 |
Yerington, NV Ten Commandments Monument
Photo by Day Williams (Flickr)
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Donated by FOE: 1968
Location: Lyon County Courthouse, 31 S Main St.
Scroll: “Presented To Yerington / Lyon County Nevada / By / Nevada State Aerie / Fraternal Order Of Eagles / 1968”
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