Tag: pikes peak national cemetery
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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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‘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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Decorated Vietnam veteran, Honor Bell advocate selected as 2025 Veteran of the Year
Larry Peterson, a Vietnam combat veteran who led a yearslong capital campaign to bring an Honor Bell to the Pikes Peak region, was recently selected as the 2025 El Paso County Veteran of the Year. Peterson, who served in the Air Force from June 1970 to November 1974, said he was surprised and humbled when…
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‘He’s reconnected with Mother Nature’: Families honor fallen vets through Wreaths Across America
Bobby Fischer sat alone beside his parents’ marble gravestone, tears welling in his eyes as rows of wreaths and American flags decorated the tombstones around him. Fischer drove from Pueblo to lay a wreath on the gravestone, joining hundreds of other military families who came to Pikes Peak National Cemetery on Saturday to honor the…
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Pikes Peak National Cemetery to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pikes Peak National Cemetery will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday. The event marking President Harry Truman’s announcement of the unconditional surrender of Japan will feature taps, a rifle salute, a wreath dedication and military honors. Truman…
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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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Coming home: Pueblo veteran buried as ‘unclaimed’ in New York will be returned to Colorado
When the steady flow of calls and texts from their 60-year-old brother in New York suddenly stopped in late January, 2022, Alvin Pugh’s family in Pueblo figured he’d lost his phone again. They’d hear back as soon as he found it, they were sure. As unreturned messages stacked up, worry turned to fear. Alvin’s siblings…
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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…
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Fallen veterans to be honored across El Paso County in scaled-back Wreaths Across America events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 9,000 veterans interred in cemeteries across El Paso County will be commemorated by volunteers and community organizations in scaled-back wreath-laying ceremonies Saturday. It is part of the annual National Wreaths Across America Day, which each December coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery…
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Fallen veterans to be honored across El Paso County in scaled-back Wreaths Across America events
More than 9,000 veterans interred in cemeteries across El Paso County will be commemorated by volunteers and community organizations in scaled-back wreath-laying ceremonies Saturday. It is part of the annual National Wreaths Across America Day, which each December coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and at more than 2,100 locations nationwide, at sea and…