VFW & VFWA Memorial Day Services & Activities in Bent County

Description: Memorial Day is a day the country comes together to honor and remember our servicemen and women who answered America’s call to service and paid the ultimate price.


Published: 05/21/2022
Byline: Tomlin

VFW & VFWA Memorial Day Services & Activities in Bent County

By Kathleen Tomlin 

Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance when we praise veterans acts of valor and express our deepest gratitude for defending the freedoms that we hold dear. Bent County has 655 veteran’s graves at Bent County/Las Animas Cemetery and 2,322 graves at Fort Lyon National Cemetery.  Activities are as follows:

SMALL FLAG PLACEMENT:  Friday May 27th:  BC/Las Animas Cemetery at 3pm.  Volunteers are welcome!  These small flags will remain up all weekend and Cemetery Staff will take them down.  Small flags will be placed at Fort Lyon National Cemetery on Friday by Cemetery staff and will remain up all weekend. 

VFWA POPPY DRIVE:  Saturday morning May 28th at designated business throughout Las Animas and at the Museum.  

LAS ANIMAS AVENUE OF FLAGS:  Volunteers needed at 6:30 am on Monday May 30th Memorial Day to hang Avenue of Flags throughout Las Animas – meet at Donkle’s Storage near Val-U-Med Healthmart.  They will be taken down at 4pm? depending upon weather. 

FORT LYON NATIONAL CEMETERY:  Meet at 8am on Monday Memorial Day to place the Avenue of Flags.  Flags will be taken down at 3pm? depending on weather. 

MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES:  Bent County/Las Animas Cemetery at 9 am on Memorial Day, May 30th.  Fort Lyon National Cemetery at 11 am on Memorial Day.  Please wear your red vests and help place the wreath during the ceremony.

Volunteers are needed and appreciated for all activities.  Memorial Day is a day the country comes together to honor and remember our servicemen and women who answered America’s call to service and paid the ultimate price.

Memorial Day is the time for Americans as one body to stand up and say, “Thank you. We remember you. We are grateful to you.” 

Let’s individually visit and pay our respects.  God bless our veterans and God bless AMERICA!



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