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The Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado at Spring Canyon Community Park in Fort Collins is  hosting a celebration on Sunday to honor our veterans.  2 new computer monitors will be unveiled. There will be live music, a Blackhawk helicopter, vintage military vehicles, and re-enactors form the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWII, and Vietnam. There is also a CSU Veterans 5K fun run.

Here is the Schedule of events for Sunday, May 26th:

  • 9 a.m. CSU Veterans 5k Fun Run -Starts at Hughes Stadium at 9:00 am and ends at the Plaza. There will be parking and a shuttle at Hughes Stadium.
  • 10:30 – Band Starts: Been-there-done-that at the Plaza
  • Blackhawk Helicopter, Military Vehicles, and Re-enactors, and activities for the kids

Ceremony at noon

  • Flag ceremony
  • Staff Sergeant John Jones, USMC is keynote. Speaks to veterans sacrifice
  • Awarding Purple Heart to CPL Bob Wuestenberg, Army, Vietnam Vet. He did not receive his medal when wounded in the war
  • Major General H. Michael Edwards, the Adjutant General for Colorado National Guard will speak and present medal to Wuestenberg
  • 1:00 Boltz Middle School Orchestra will play piece written by one of the students to honor our veterans
  • 1:30 Veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and present day will speak and interact with audience
  • 1:30 Music from Been-there-done-that

Check out the Interactive walls! Enjoy Food vendors! Overflow parking available at Hughes Stadium, with shuttle until 3:00 pm.

 

 

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