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El Paso County adopts Memorial Day proclamation; hospice and veterans groups describe local events
Summary
The Board adopted a Memorial Day 2026 proclamation 5–0 and heard presentations from the Honor Bell Foundation and Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation about bell honors and a Flags for Fallen Veterans effort to place about 4,500 flags at Pikes Peak National Cemetery on May 23.
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing Memorial Day 2026 by unanimous roll call during its May 19 meeting.
Commissioner Bill Wysong introduced the proclamation, recalling Decoration Day origins and asking residents to honor those who died defending national ideals. After the proclamation was moved and seconded, the board heard brief remarks from community representatives.
Larry Peterson of the Honor Bell Foundation described the group’s volunteer bell honors at Pikes Peak National Cemetery, saying the practice uses seven tolls to mark stages of a service member’s life and that volunteers have provided more than 260 bell honors since November 18.
Susan Edmondson, executive director of Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation, told commissioners her nonprofit served just under 2,000 hospice patients in the past year (about 458 were veterans) and is serving as local lead for a Flags for Fallen Veterans effort. “We will be there Saturday, May 23 at 9AM to place these flags, about 4,500 flags on the gravesites at Pikes Peak National Cemetery,” Edmondson said, and invited volunteers to register online.
After guest remarks the board voted 5–0 to adopt the proclamation and recessed for a photograph. Commissioners used the occasion to offer personal remembrances and to remind residents to observe Memorial Day and local veterans events.
