Tag: Honor Bell Foundation
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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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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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‘Welcome home’: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day commemorated in Colorado Springs
Flags snapped in the breeze, hand salutes were rendered and tears flowed at Memorial Park on Sunday as Colorado Springs observed Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day. Proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017, March 29 is the day set aside to commemorate the millions of service…