June 2, 2022 Vol. 21, No. 28 Serving Manitou Springs, Old Colorado City and Lower Ute Pass
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Legion members pay their respects to
VETERANS
Nancy Kowalski, a member of the American Legion Post 39 Auxiliary in Manitou Springs, places an American flag on the grave of World War II veteran Edward Shouse during a Memorial Day Weekend ceremony at Crystal Valley Cemetery.
Alex Thornberry, vice commander of American Legion Post 39, addresses members and volunteers who gathered in Crystal Valley Cemetery.
Photos and brief by Larry Ferguson About 30 members of American Legion Eber Duclo Post 39 of Manitou Springs, its auxiliary and volunteers gathered at the city’s Crystal Valley Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, to place American flags on the graves of U.S. military veterans. Post Vice Commander Alex Thornberry conducted the annual Memorial Day Weekend event, during which the group placed nearly 200 flags on veterans’ graves. “May the ceremony today deepen our reverence for our departed friends and comrades,” Thornberry told the gathering. “Let us renew our pledge of loyalty to our country and its flag. Let us resolve by word and deed to emphasize the privilege of duty and patriotism.” Post Adjutant Sharon O’Donnell offered a prayer, asking that the group remember the valor and devotion of military veterans, “not only those whose bodies consecrate our country’s soil but also those who sleep beyond the seas and others whose resting places will not be known until that last day when the deep will have given up its dead.” Post 39 was chartered Aug. 1, 1920, one year after Congress chartered and incorporated the American Legion. It was named for Duclo, Manitou’s first resident to die in World War I; he’s buried in Crystal Valley Cemetery.
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