Tag: memorial day
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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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Celebrating the life of Colorado veteran Amos Estrada
By History Colorado Imagine hearing a knock on the door and being handed a Western Union telegram notifying you that your husband, son or child has been killed in action. For those left behind during World War II, a telegram was the epitome of tragedy, and that’s what Lillian, the wife of Sergeant Amos F.…
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EDITORIAL: A day of remembrance before recreation
Memorial Day is the traditional beginning to a season of camping, fishing, hiking, climbing, rafting — all the stuff that makes Colorado a summer destination for tourists and a playground for locals. Kids are out of school, too, so it’s time to head for the great outdoors and soak in the sun. But Memorial Day…
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‘They gave everything’: Flag-placing honors departed service members ahead of Memorial Day
On Saturday morning at Pikes Peak National Cemetery, a volunteer carefully placed a small U.S. flag in front of a headstone. The flag was centered 12 inches in front of the headstone and five inches into the ground. Neatness and uniformity mattered. After placing the flag, the volunteer stood, read aloud the name on the…
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Remember the local soldiers who helped save the Union | Paul Batura
This Memorial Day weekend, Americans will be commemorating the nearly 1.4 million lives lost in wars and conflicts since the country’s founding 250 years ago. Over 6,000 Coloradans are among those killed in action, including some who died before we were even a state. Yet, if we’re not careful, we can grow numb to it…
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Memorial Day ceremony set for May 25
A Memorial Day ceremony to honor U.S. armed forces veterans who died in service to the country is scheduled for 10 a.m., May 25 at Monument Cemetery. About 100 people are expected to attend this free event. Trumpeter Matt Silva, 17, a junior at Palmer Ridge High School, will play the bugle call, taps, at…
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Lightning, rain dampens second half of 63rd Annual Junior/Senior All-Star Game, athletes find silver lining
The rain wouldn’t go away for the 63rd annual Colorado Springs Junior/Senior All-Star Baseball Game and that stinks because the seniors can’t come back another day. While the juniors completed their contest at Mountain Lion Park on Sunday – which Pikes Peak won 9-7 against Gold Camp – the final game ended in the bottom…
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Cool off at these Colorado Springs fountains, pools and spray grounds
Summer weather is in full swing, and residents around Colorado Springs are feeling the heat. With the projected heat wave expected to hit El Paso County this weekend, the city’s spray grounds, fountains and pools make for the perfect spots to cool down with the family. Here are some options to choose from to beat…
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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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Territory Days celebrates Old West, Memorial Day in Colorado Springs
Before galleries, restaurants and bars lined Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado City, gold seekers trawled the streets in search of saloons and bordellos. Known as Colorado City in the late 1800s, the tiny town, which served as Colorado Territory’s first capital, even before Denver, was the richest spot in the state and a massive trade…