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Archive for November 11th, 2008
What makes Veterans Day different from Memorial Day?
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Did you know that most Americans confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day? Both celebrate our Veterans but with one major difference. Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans.
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end 
of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was “dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.’” As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.
In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress — at the urging of the veterans service organizations — amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting the word “Veterans.” With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
Memorial Day honors service members who died in service Read the rest of this entry »
The Colorado State Flag
Have you ever wondered how we got our flag of Colorado? I was downtown the other day and saw it blowing in our breeze and it got me to wondering about it. We’ll here’s a little history on how our flag came about.
The Colorado State Flag was adopted by The Colorado State Legislature on June 5, 1911 after Colorado had been a state for about 40 years. It was designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson and modified twice over the years.
It has three stripes with the two outer ones in blue and the middle one in white. It has a big red C in the center with the C filled in with gold. It was also stipulated that the flag should have an attached cord of gold and silver intertwined with gold and silver tassels.
In 1929, The Colorado State Legislature issued a decree that the blue and red colors would be the same as the United States flag as apparently there was some disagreement on the actual colors. In 1964, they again addressed the flag as no one could figure out the size for the letter C. They specified the size and how far away from Read the rest of this entry »
Colorado Springs Foreclosures, Central Area
Market breakdown for Active Homes as of 11-11-08
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Neighborhoods: Ivywild, Old North End, Patty Jewett, Divine Redeemer, East End Addition, Crown Hill Mesa, Boulder Heights, Spring Creek
Active as of 11-10-08: 539
- Single Family Homes: 414 (77%)
- Condos/Townhomes/Patio Homes: 125 (23%)
Breakdown of Active homes for sale as of 11-6-08: 539
- Short sales: 49 (9.1%)
- VA Owned: 2 (.4%)
- Bank-owned: 52 (9.6%)
- Regular: 435 (80.7%)
- Government-owned 1 (.2%)
