Memorial panels to
arrive at permanent site in Aurora escorted by Colorado Patriot Guard, Federal
Protection Agency, supporters and more
April 2, 2013 – AURORA, COLORADO –The more than 20
glass panels engraved with the names of nearly 6,000 of Colorado’s fallen
soldiers that will make up the Colorado Freedom Memorial will make the
historic journey home, arriving at the permanent memorial site in Aurora on
April 8, 2013. The panels were created by one of the leading glass
manufacturing companies in the world, Viracon, at their Minnesota facility. Along
the way, these distinguished panels will be escorted with the diligence and
dedication due to any fallen soldier returning home.
The Colorado Freedom
Memorial is the first memorial of its kind in the country. The memorial will
rise in honor of all of Colorado’s fallen soldiers from every war dating back
to the Spanish American War (1898), and every branch of the military. The
result of more than 12 years of private fundraising and donations, the Colorado
Freedom Memorial will be dedicated to Colorado, and Colorado’s Gold Star
Families on Memorial Day Weekend, May 26, 2013.
Upon arrival in
Julesburg, Colo., the truck transporting the panels will be met by the Federal
Protection Agency which will be providing a Dignified Honors Escort for the
panels through Colorado to arrival at the memorial site in Aurora. The
transport will stop in Fort Morgan, Colo., for a community “welcome home”
celebration at City Park in downtown Fort Morgan beginning at 9 a.m.
The Fort Morgan
celebration will feature law enforcement escorts, choral performances, local
veterans, area mayors and more. Upon departure from Fort Morgan, the convoy
will be joined by the Colorado Patriot Guard Riders, who have pledged to assist
in the escort of the panels.
“Many of the men and
women who are honored on the Memorial are buried in American cemeteries overseas,
or their remains were not recovered,” said Colorado Freedom Memorial Founder
Rick Crandall. “We’ve always felt that
these glass panels allow us to bring these heroes home, if by name only, and
they deserve a journey worthy of their sacrifice.”
Upon arrival at the
memorial site in Aurora, the installation of the panels will begin.
Monday, April 8:
9 a.m.: Fort
Morgan Community Celebration
City Park
400 Main
Street, Fort Morgan, CO 80701
10 a.m.: Panels
depart Fort Morgan along with Federal Protection Agency and Colorado Patriot
Guard Riders
No comments:
Post a Comment