Wreath laying ceremony returns in full to Memorial Park in Colorado Springs

Multiple veterans groups gathered to honor men and women who lost their lives while serving our country.

RAIN OR SHINE..ANOTHER DETERMINED CROWD ATMEMORIAL PARK NOT DETERRED FROMRECOGNIZINGMEMORIAL DAY.MULTIPLE VETERANS GROUPSGATHERED TO HONOR MEN AND WOMENWHO LOSTTHEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING OURCOUNTRY.NEWS 5'S BILL FOLSOM ATTENDEDTHE CEREMONY,..HE JOINS US LIVE FROM MEMORIALPARK.BILL?THEY COME TO LAY WREATHS AT THEVARIOUS MILITARY MEMORIALS HERE.A YEAR AGO COVID FORCED AMINIMIZED GATHERING.THIS YEAR NUMBERS SURGED....WITHGENERATIONS FROM ACROSS NEARLY ACENTURY.AMID ALL THE SALUTES FROMVETERANS.LITTLE REAGAN BAILEY...GIVES ATHUMBS UP FOR MEMORIAL DAY.HER FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AREPROUD AIRMEN HERE LAYING WREATHSDURING THE CEREMONY.HER GRANDMOTHER SEES A TEACHINGMOMENT." IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT SHEUNDERSTAND THAT IT'SIMPORTANT..AND SO THAT'S WHYWE'RE ALL HERE." SOMETIMES JUSTSHOWING UP IS ALL THAT'SNECESSARY TO OFFER RESPECT." WE'RE VERY PROUD TOPARTICIPATE AND WE HONOR THEFALLEN.IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE" ME ED BECK AT 96 YEARS WHO WASA POW IN WORLD WAR II"THEN THERE'S A VETERAN WHOSERVED SOME 75 YEARS AGO.HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR, BUT HEEVENTUALLY GOT TO COME HOMEWHILE OTHER DID NOT." THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVEGONE ON BEFORE."FREEDOM COMES AT GREAT COST." WE REMEMBER THE 1.1 MILLIONAMERICANS THAT HAVE DIED IN WARTIME THROUGHOUT OUR NATIONSHISTORY."WREATH AFTER WREATH...VETERANSFROM DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THEMILITARY....WITH A COMMONDEDICATION TO THEIR COUNTRY.THE YOUNG....THE OLD...AND MANYMORE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SHOWTHEIR RESPECT THIS MEMORIAL DAY." .....REST IN PEACE."THERE IS HISTORY BEHIND LAYINGWREATHS ORIGINALLY KNOWN ASDECORATION DAY....IT STARTED JUST AFTER THE CIVILWAR...WHEN PEOPLE WOULD GODECORATE THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS.IT EVOLVED INTO MEMORIAL DAY ANDBECAME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN1971.WATCHING OUT FOR YOU COLORADOSPRINGS, BILL FOLSOM NEW