Tag: 75th Anniversary
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Peterson Aero Club celebrates 75 years of safe flight instruction
After World War II, many veterans realized they still had a passion for flying aircraft. Pilots, gunners and other crew members continued looking for ways to fly, but the increase in recreational flying brought an increase in tragic crashes. In the early 1950s, Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay decided that if veterans were going to…
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First Southern Baptist now Cornerstone Church, after merging with three other congregations
As the book of Ecclesiastes promises, First Southern Baptist Church of Colorado Springs discovered there’s a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens — including painful struggles. Organized with 14 members as Faith Baptist Church on Dec. 30, 1951, the congregation was renamed First Southern Baptist just two months later…