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Officially called the Police and Fire Memorial, the structure is made up of small triangles meant to look like folded flags engraved with the names of 14 fire and 29 police service members that have died in the line of duty since each department’s inception in Long Beach.
Flags, folded 13 times over in the form of a triangle, are traditionally given to families of those who died. Some of the memorial’s bronze flags remain blank.
A color guard member walks behind the new memorial at the Long Beach Civic Center. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
“To every family, friend and colleague, this memorial is something to be proud of,” said Mayor Robert Garcia, adding that the hope is no new names will ever need to be added.
ACEC California Announces 2021 Engineering Excellence Awards
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today the American Council of Engineering Companies, California (ACEC California) announced the 2021 recipients of its annual
Engineering Excellence Awards. Projects were recognized for demonstrating an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement, and value. Fourteen projects earned the prestigious Honor Award distinction, twenty-five were recognized with Merit Awards, and twelve Commendation Awards were granted. In a year that has brought so much uncertainty to California s residents and economy, it is refreshing to step back and take a moment to honor the unwavering expertise and innovation in the Golden State, said Brad Diede, Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering Companies, California. The engineering and land surveying firms and infrastructure projects showcased in this