05-05-2025
Vietnam Wall, flag displays returning Memorial Day weekend to Spring Canyon Community Park
A traveling Vietnam Wall and Field of Honor will both be on display Memorial Day weekend at Fort Collins' Spring Canyon Community Park.
The traveling Vietnam Wall, sponsored by Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado, pays tribute to the 58,267 service members who died during the Vietnam War from 1957 through 1975. The traveling Vietnam Wall will be on display at the park from May 22-26, with a ceremony and reading of the names planned from noon to 2 p.m. May 25, according to a news release from the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Foundation.
The Field of Honor is a panorama of 500 American flags that fly in formation in honor of the nation's heroes: veterans, active military, first responders, medical workers, community leaders and personal heroes, the news release said. The display is set up by the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Foundation and will be available for public viewing from 3 p.m. May 23 to 3 p.m. May 26.
Short essays written by Poudre School District third and fourth graders about their heroes will be available to read in binders at the Field of Honor, the news release said, with the three winning essays of a contest highlighted near the Rotary booth.
Individuals wishing to honor a hero with a medallion on a flag at the Field of Honor may do so online at Funds raised through medallion sales, community supporters and donations go to the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Foundation to support local nonprofits that provide services to veterans and first responders as well as other nonprofits and service projects undertaken by the foundation, the news release said.
Coloradoan reporter Kelly Lyell can be reached at KellyLyell@ Follow him on and
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