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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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Red-brick path honors those who serve American Legion dedicates brick walkway at Veterans Day ceremony in Buchanan Park
Veterans and visitors look at the paving stones at the Veterans and Service Members Commemorative Walk at Buchanan Park. The walkway was dedicated on Saturday. Below, right, Jena Sippach of Anaheim, Calif., plants a flag next to her father’s paving stone on Saturday. Sippach came to Colorado to bury her father at Fort Logan National Cemetery. CPO Richard Favinger, a Marine Raider, died on Oct. 13 and was laid to rest on Saturday, the same day as the dedication.
By Vicky Gits
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Staff Writer
embers of American Legion Post 2001 of Evergreen celebrated Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 12, by dedicating the walkway of brick pavers engraved with the names of those who have served the country’s armed forces. About 75 people turned out to witness completion of the final phase of a building process that began when legion members decided to build the Veterans and Service Members Commemorative Walk in 2007 in Buchanan Park. “This belongs to every one of you guys to visit, enjoy or make recommendations,” said Commander Scott Coffer of the American Legion Post. Seven legion members marched in unison to the front of the crowd and gave a traditional 21-gun salute. Dave Rommelmann played “Taps.” The Commemorative Walk consists of a native black granite monument supporting three flagpoles. Eight smaller stone monuments mark eight major conflicts, beginning with World War I. Ret. Gen. Bob Poirot of Evergreen salutes during the unveiling The monument was ceremony at the Veterans and Service Members Commemorative Walk at conceived as a way to pay tribute to the heBuchanan Park on Saturday. roic men and women Photographs by Barbara Ford | Staff writer who served or died defending America. Money to build the monument was there to see the paver for his “He was known for the way he comes from private donations, brother Brian Madden, who died was able to give dignity and honor fund-raisers and the sale of brick two years ago in Long Island, N.Y. to the other residents,” Scott said. pavers. “We are very glad to have this place He served in the Army Reserves Among the attendees were where we can come and remember in the Vietnam era. “He was the Jason Arrey and his cousin, first of five brothers to go,” Madden him.” Rebecca Scott, of Evergreen who said. Favinger’s daughter Jena purchased a paver in honor of their Sippach of Anaheim, Calif., Part of the funds to pay for the grandfather, Richard Favinger, a monument come from the sale of planted an American flag next to Marine Raider who served as a engraved brick pavers. Pavers and his brick in the walkway. Favinger medic in the Pacific from 1941 to companion souvenir pavers cost had been buried earlier in the day 1946. Favinger was a resident of Elk at Fort Logan National Cemetery $125 and $50, respectively, and are Run Assisted Living in Evergreen still for sale. in Denver. before he died at 92. Last year the pavers were still Larry Madden of Evergreen
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in storage awaiting installation. This year the semi-circular path has been laid out and 1,000 bricks embedded in the space in front of the black granite memorial in Buchanan Park. So far, about 200 pavers have been engraved and placed in the walkway. At Saturday’s gathering, Commander Scott Coffer gave a tribute to former Commander Bruce Fifer, who was credited with doing much of the work involved in bringing the memorial from concept to reality. “He made the veterans walk possible. We would not have broken ground without him.” Saunders Construction donated much of the concrete used to build the wall.
“I set the schedule, and I never backed off the concrete,” Fifer said, referring to the concrete pour done in freezing weather. Professional historian John Steinle, administrator of the Hiwan Homestead Museum, said he was thinking about buying a paver for an ancestor, Robert Anderson, who was a soldier in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813. Someone else commissioned a paver in honor of a soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War from 1777 to 1780. According to the engraving, Sam Cone was an enlisted man, an “artificer (mechanic) and engineer.” For information on how to purchase pavers call Don Trickel, 303-674-5443.