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81) Daniel Martinez
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Military marker for: "Daniel Martinez, Colorado, PFC 12 Tank Co., October 22, 1930--November 19, 1968," in Riverview Cemetery. A cross is engraved at the top of the marker.
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Marker for the ashes of Jack Stewart II, 1923-1979, in the Stewart Family Cemetery at Dotsero, Colorado.
"Graves in the Dotsero Sweetwater area. Collected by Joan Brallier. Helped by Myrti Stephens and John Gannon. Barbara Steward gave the information on Dotsero graves." -- Mildred Toomer
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Marker for Millard S. Kelley, GM3, U.S. Navy, World War II (May 6, 1924-April 6, 1992), Fairview Cemetery, Basalt, Colorado
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Marker for Edwin Luther Yelton, North Carolina, SC3 USNR, World War II, Nov. 2, 1924-Nov. 28, 1970, in Fairview Cemetery, Basalt.
85) Ernest T. Gray
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Military marker for Ernest T. Gray, Colorado, PVT 28 AERO SQ, World War I, Dec. 19,1888--Dec. 20, 1957, in Fairview Cemetery. Cross at top of marker.
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Members of American Legion, Eagle River Valley Post 150, Gypsum, Colorado, on Decoration Day, May 30, 1940. This may have taken place at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
[Photo printed May 30, 1940, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colo.]
After World War II, the name "Memorial Day" became more common. In June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, making four national holidays three-day weekends. Memorial Day was one of these, now celebrated on the...
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Russell Beck, age 7, showing the poppies he was selling for Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans Day (Nov. 11) in 1939. The red poppy featured in the poem, In Flanders Fields, by Dr. John McCrae. The poppy as a symbol for the bloodshed in World War I was adopted by the National American Legion Conference in 1919 and the American Legion has been selling poppies on Nov. 11 ever since.
The photo bears a good example of fingerprint damage on the upper left...
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Ivan "Ike" Lon Dump, in uniform, holding his son, Ivan "Ernie" Ernest Dump. They are outside, standing in the snow.
