5-29-2012
Thanks to KEZW-AM in Denver and with the help of listeners, veterans and the local community the station hit its goal and raised $400,000 for the Colorado Freedom Memorial Foundation that was needed to break ground and to complete the project. The City of Aurora donated the land for the Memorial as part of Springhill Park, directly north of Buckley Air Force Base. For the entire month of May KEZW honored fallen soldiers during Freedom Month and raised awareness for the Colorado Freedom Memorial which once built will be a glass wall, etched with more than 6,000 Colorado veteran names.
KEZW PD Rick Crandall said, "This was the realization of 12-years of dreaming, planning, praying and never letting go of the idea a Memorial to Colorado?s fallen veterans was a good thing. It?s been great seeing how many people are excited about this dream becoming a reality and I most happy for the families of the fallen who will now have a place to go and see our gratitude for their sacrifice.?
The veteran?s etched on the wall will include all Colorado veterans who have been killed in action including 102 in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once complete the Memorial will give a place to remember and pay respect to those service men and women who gave their lives.
To learn more about the Memorial please go to http://www.cfmf.net/.
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