{"id":2458362,"date":"2020-05-12T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-memorial-day-gathering-cancelled-but-we-will-remember\/"},"modified":"2020-05-13T06:29:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:29:04","slug":"aspen-memorial-day-gathering-cancelled-but-we-will-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-memorial-day-gathering-cancelled-but-we-will-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Memorial Day gathering cancelled, but we will remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"45\">\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Dear friends of the Pitkin County Veterans Memorial,<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It is with sadness that we will not be gathering on Memorial Day in 2020 due to the COVID -19 pandemic. This is the first time in 33 years that this community event will not be held. The Pitkin County Veterans Memorial Board (Dan Glidden, Gunny Perigo, Palmer Hood, Ryan Gentry, Tom Buesch and Dick Merritt), thank you for your participation in years past to make the event a success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Much appreciated! We could not have done it without our honor guard (Gunny Perigo\/ Palmer Hood); reading of \u201cIn Flanders Fields\u201d by Tom Buesch; vocalist Jeannie Walla, our \u201cNorwegian Nightingale\u201d; trumpet \u201cTaps\u201d by Dick Sundeen; memorial wreath presentation by the Cub Scouts; \u201cAmerica the Beautiful \u201c sung by our Brownie Girl Scout Troop; Reading of our KIA by Darryl Grob; MC by Dan Glidden; candle lighting by Nancy Bosshard; and patriotic speeches by Charlie Hopton (Western Slope Veterans Coalition) and Paul Andersen (Huts for Vets).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Many thanks to Fred Venrick and Aspen Elks Lodge for sponsoring the annual Memorial Day BBQ after the ceremony over the years. We hope we can all be together again on Memorial Day 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Our veterans are most grateful to the Pitkin County commissioners for supporting us in the reconstruction of the handsome Veterans Memorial rededicated in 2018, where we can have a place to heal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">American flags will be placed on veterans graves in Aspen and Basalt cemeteries by Jim Markalunas, Dan Glidden, and Dick Merritt in memory of their service to our country. Be sure to remember to wear your VFW Buddy Poppy on the 25th! John Masters, director of Grassroots Community TV, has supported our veterans over the years by playing local veterans interviews on Memorial and Veterans Day. This year, John will be presenting the interviews of our deceased veterans over the last 13 years, which number 28. They shall not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The traditional memorial wreath will be posted at 11 a.m. in silence and reverence by our Honor Guard. (There will be no spoken words during this solemn two-minute event).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Dick Merritt<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Basalt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.303082191781\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 at-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.164371772806\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times\u2019 work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/aspen-memorial-day-gathering-cancelled-but-we-will-remember\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear friends of the Pitkin County Veterans Memorial, It is with sadness that we will not be gathering on Memorial Day in 2020 due to the COVID -19 pandemic. This is the first time in 33 years that this community event will not be held. 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