Tag: ceremony
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Colorado Springs bridge named for fallen local World War II hero
An Interstate 25 bridge overpass on North Academy Boulevard now bears the name of the first Coloradan — and likely the first American service member — killed in the attack that brought the U.S. into World War II. The Daniel T. Griffin Memorial Bridge was dedicated in a brief ceremony on Wednesday outside the Academy…
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Fort Carson honors sacrifices of 4th Infantry Division soldiers on D-Day
As world leaders converged on Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, the 4th Infantry Division commemorated the sacrifices of its members in World War II. Division officials marked D-Day in France, New Orleans and — for the first time — at Fort Carson. At the local ceremony at Fort Carson, Black Hawk and…
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Fort Carson honors D-Day with ceremony
Fort Carson Army Post and the 4th Infantry Division commemorated the contributions of the soldiers who served during World War II on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day with a ceremony at Manhart Field on Thursday, June 6. The ceremony featured re-enlistments and a demonstration of modern-day maneuvers.
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Honoring their legacy: WWII veterans from Colorado identified after decades
Across the world, about 81,000 American service members are unaccounted for — buried in unidentified graves, still in their crashed planes — their final resting place unknown to their loved ones. “For many of the families, the wounds of uncertainty still remain very raw,” said Denise To, with the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting…
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Blues legend, Otis Taylor, receives honorary diploma 57 years after expulsion for long hair
In 1966 two months before his graduation from Manual High School, blues legend Otis Taylor told school administrators he would not comply with school policy mandating short hair for male students, so he was expelled. After a friend noticed Taylor’s photo in a notable grads display, Taylor began to tell people that he had in…
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NEWS | UCCS 2023 Commencement Ceremony
Scenes from the 2023 Spring College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Commencement Ceremony for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs at the Broadmoor World Arena on Friday, May 12, 2023. (Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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NEWS | Five Fort Carson soldiers become American citizens
Five soldiers stationed at Fort Carson participated in naturalization ceremony at Pikes Peak Library District’s Library 21 on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The soldiers were among 26 other immigrants from 21 different countries that became American citizens after completing the Oath of Allegiance during the ceremony. (Video by Parker Seibold)
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2022 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation highlights
Scenes from the U.S. Air Force Academy 2022 graduation ceremony, where nearly 1,000 cadets crossed the stage at Falcon Stadium Wednesday as part of the school’s 64th graduating class. (Video by Skyler Ballard)