Lafayette, CO, VFW Post 1771 Memorial - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Located in the Lafayette, Colorado Cemetery, this beautiful memorial honors those who have fallen in service of our country. The engraving reads as follows:

Duty, Honor, Country
Well Done. Be Thou at Peace
Nor Shall Your Story Be Forgot
While Fame Her Record Keeps
or Honor Points the Hallowed Spot
Where Valor Proudly Sleeps.
HONOR ROLL
(Specific Wars and Names follow)
Dedicated by Mile High Post 1771
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lafayette, Colorado May 30, 1954 A.D.

Pressed into the concrete in front of the Memorial are the insignias of the five branches of US Military Service. Th VFW Post #1771 itself is located at 105 West Emma Street, Lafayette, Colorado. The Mile High VFW Post has more information at their site.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Indian War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Viet Nam War In Honor Of: Fallen veterans of various wars Marker Text: Date of dedication: May 30, 1954 Who Put it Here?: Mile High VFW Post #1771 Description of Memorial: The memorial is in the Lafayette, Colorado cemetery. There is also a memorial for the miners who were killed in the Columbine Mine Massacre (which was the original memorial I had come to visit).

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