SEEKING SOMEONE PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING OTHER VETERANS
Our dear Director of Bell Honors is retiring, and we want you to help find his successor! This is a full time, compensated position. If you, or someone you know, is a veteran and passionate about serving the veteran community, we’d like to talk to you. Read the full job description below, and send resume […]
HONOR BELL TOLLS AT 1,500TH FORT LOGAN SERVICE FOR NAVY VETERAN COUPLE
GERRY AND BILL MCKINLEY DURING THEIR TIME IN THE NAVY On March 29th the Honor Bell tolled at its 1500th Fort Logan National Cemetery funeral honoring Howard and Esther McKinley, both Navy veterans. Howard William “Bill” McKinley was born on September 25, 1917, in Prescott, Arizona and died at the age of 80 in Montrose […]
ANOTHER VETERAN FAMILY TOLLS THE HONOR BELL
At Fort Logan National Cemetery’s monthly ceremony on February 9th our Belladier was Caleb Crawley, active duty US Army. He tolled with his father, veteran Mike Crawley and our veteran Bell Guards Paddy McCutchon, Larry Close and Greg Kuhn. Pictured here are Caleb, Debbie and Mike Crawley. The Crawleys are also members of our good […]
NEWS FOR THE WEEK: FOUNDATION RECEIVES GRANT, FIRST COLORADO ARMY NATIONAL GUARDSWOMAN TO TOLL HONOR BELL
We are excited to announce the receipt of a generous grant from the Daniels Fund. Since our inception, the Daniels Fund has been an invaluable partner, helping us to create the first Honor Bell and implement our programs. This new grant will help us sustain operations while we work towards the creation of the next bell. We are […]
HONORING A PEARL HARBOR SAILOR
This morning the Honor Bell was tolled to lay to rest US Navy Storekeeper 3rd Class, Wallace Eakes. Wallace was 22 years old on December 7, 1941, and was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. He was killed in action. Eakes and 99 other sailors were buried in a mass grave, but thanks to […]
HONOR BELL TOLLS FOR THE 1,000TH TIME AT A VETERAN’S FUNERAL
For the 1,000th time at Fort Logan National Cemetery, the Honor Bell was tolled at a veteran’s funeral service on Wednesday. Elio Joseph Tasin served as a Combat Infantry Rifleman in the Army during World War II. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his actions while serving in Europe. Tasin’s son, Paul, is a Navy […]
WHAT VETERANS DAY MEANS TO US: THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM “BILL” HEMPEL, USMC
BILL HEMPEL AND THE HONOR BELL William “Bill” Hempel loved being a Marine. “I went in as a punk, and came out a man,” he said of his service to our country. Bill had seen the Honor Bell during a presentation at an elementary school last November. He told his family that learning about the Honor […]
HONORING A FIREFIGHTER
In July, the Foundation performed Bell Honors for 43 servicemembers at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Among them was a veteran who, after his military service, went on to become a Denver firefighter. Thank you to all vets, for your service to your nation and your community.
A MILESTONE: 100 BELL HONORS PERFORMED
On Friday, October 21st, the Honor Bell tolled for its 100th time for 84 year-old Corporal Donald “Whitey” Dorn, US Army. The bell’s seven solemn tolls echoed through the trees and off the headstones at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. This show of respect and remembrance is a daily occurrence for the service and sacrifice […]
PROFILE OF A BELL HONOREE: ANNA MARSH
We have been performing Bell Honors for veterans with the Honor Bell nearly every day for the past six weeks and wanted to start sharing some stories of the veterans to which we have been paying tribute. This afternoon we tolled the Honor Bell for US Army veteran Anna Marsh. Ms. Marsh joined the US Army WAC […]