Dalton to sing for veterans' memorial

Country Singer Lacy J. Dalton to Play Benefit for Native American Vietnam Veterans StatueLacy J. Dalton will play a concert on September 29 in Reno, Nevada, to benefit a movement that seeks to have an American Indian statue added to the Vietnam Memorial. Known for such top-10 country hits as “Takin’ It Easy,” “Everybody Makes Mistakes,” and “16th Avenue,” Dalton will perform two shows, one at 5:30 PM and another at 8:30 PM, at Reno Tahoe Comedy, located inside the Pioneer Underground on 100 South Virginia St—for more information, visit the event’s Facebook page.

The show will be emceed by actor and veterans activist Robert Primeaux, Lakota, and will benefit the American Indian Veterans Memorial Initiative, which is being spearheaded by the Florida Seminole Tribe. (Television audiences may remember Primeaux as “Indian Bob,” a friend of Gary Busey’s who made an appearance on Celebrity Wife Swap.) The initiative seeks to build a statue of an American Indian along the Vietnam Walkway near the Vietnam Wall on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The famous statue called The Three Soldiers by Frederick Hart depicts servicemen who are caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic, but does not include a Native American. You can learn more at the official AIVMI website.Comment:  For more on Native monuments, see King Monument Honors Alaska Natives and Indian Statue for Staten Island.

Below:  "Lacy J. Dalton on the back cover of her 1981 album Takin' It Easy."