Tag: honor bell
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Pikes Peak Honor Bell tolls for the first time over a Memorial Day service
The deep tones of the Honor Bell rang out over Pikes Peak National Cemetery Monday, marking the first time it has tolled during a Memorial Day ceremony. Larry Peterson, a Vietnam veteran and Honor Bell Foundation board member who led a yearslong capital campaign to bring the 1,000-pound bell to the Pikes Peak region, said…
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Colorado Springs veterans dedicate Honor Bell
The first tolls from a bell that will honor the lives and sacrifices of veterans from the Pikes Peak region rang across a wind-swept ceremony Monday afternoon. “Each toll we heard was more than sound. It was love made audible. It was courage remembered. It was a nation whispering thank you,” said Karen Kantor, executive…
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Veterans work to forge Honor Bell for Colorado Springs to bring healing
Vietnam veteran Larry Peterson finds healing in the solemn tones of a bronze bell tolled to honor Colorado veterans for the final time. “The bell has been the best PTSD medicine I have had,” said Peterson, a member of the Honor Bell guard and an Honor Bell Foundation board member. The first time he rang…