Virtually every visitor to Las Vegas will stroll The Strip, catching the dancing fountain show at Bellagio, the erupting volcano at the Mirage, or the animated statues at Caesars Palace.

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Mr. Costner's designer suggested a "Dancing Wolf" theme fountain as a centerpiece, but Ms. Detmers had a feeling buffalo would be more impressive.

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"They put that uniform on, they gain the same respect as anybody that's been to war, " the grizzled 20-year veteran said over the sound of the dancing water in the memorial's fountain.

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We climb the winding stairs, past a sleek black entryway sculpture of dancing partners jutting up nearly three stories from a ground-floor fountain, and enter a parlor clad completely in copper, the metallurgical complement to the ballroom.

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