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Brian Sandoval dedicated it. Construction was finished just before the Nov. 9 dedication, which was timed for the Veterans Day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The damage was reportedly caused by four teens, two riding BMX bicycles and two on Razor scooters. It includes cracks to three slabs of the black granite platform that stretches the length of the memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police say the juvenile suspects were recorded on video cameras located between the memorial and the Supreme Court building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have not said if any arrests have been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vandals damage new Battle Born Memorial on the state capitol grounds in Carson City <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60CPdGhQt6\">https:\/\/t.co\/60CPdGhQt6<\/a> @NevadaDPS <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BattleBorn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BattleBorn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j0vLyPnKp9\">pic.twitter.com\/j0vLyPnKp9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Carson Now (@carsonnow) <a 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