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Colorado Springs celebrates Fallen Firefighters in Memorial Park
Firefighters Memorial
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Yearly ceremony to be held Saturday at The International Association of Fire Fighters Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial. The memorial located in Memorial Park in Colorado Springs contains names of firefighters killed in the line of duty. This year 137 names will be added. The ceremony starts at 1:00pm Saturday with bagpipes and a procession of fire vehicles and motorcycles from far and wide culminating in the dedication of the new names added to the wall. Family members as well as their fellow firefighters will be in attendance. If you see one of these brave firefighters, please take a moment and thank them for their service; don’t forget to thank the families as well. Remember, they gave up their most precious loved one so others could live.
The IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Foundation was founded in
32nd Balloon Classic comes to Colorado Springs Labor Day Weekend 2008
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Not sure what to do over Labor Day weekend? Well, come over to Memorial Park and help the city celebrate its 32nd annual Balloon Classic. For three days these colorful balloons will be lifting off, giving the city a very colorful sky-scrape as they dot the Pikes Peak sky. During the evening come on down and watch the night come to light during 
the Balloon Glo and while you’re there, wander into downtown Colorado Springs and enjoy one of the fine local restaurants or come to one of the free concerts that will be offered on Saturday and Sunday evening.
The Colorado Balloon Classic (a division of Colorado Springs Balloon Classic, Inc.) was organized in 1977 and has grown to be the largest and the longest continuously running hot air balloon festival in the Rocky Mountain Region as well as the State of Colorado. The Colorado Balloon Classic is an annual family event – admission is free.
The event is held in Memorial Park off Pikes Peak Avenue between Hancock Ave. and Union Blvd near the shores of Prospect Lake. Mass ascensions with over 100 balloons are scheduled for Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings with a Balloon Glo® scheduled for Saturday and Sunday evenings. Read the rest of this entry »
