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On April 14, 2022, seven Veterans were given a proper interment at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Each of these Veterans served their country in wartime and in peacetime. Unfortunately, the cremated remains of each of these Veterans remained in storage at a funeral home in the Denver area for years, as no family members came forward. This situation is not unusual.
Risk is an inherent part of military service as veterans often suffer life-altering injuries, develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or never come home at all. Over the course of US history, hundreds of thousands of veterans have endured months or even years as prisoners of war.
Many veterans of the United States Armed Forces enter the military at a very young age. Young people, barely out of high school, are sent straight to the front lines to defend their country.
Near the turn of the twentieth century, as the United States looked to continue to extend its power and markets south and west (including the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia), violence and bloodshed continued. While Spain’s colonies in Asia and the Caribbean fought for freedom from Spanish colonial rule, some U.S. officials found this an opportune situation for the United States to step in.
At the University of Denver, non-veteran students participating in the Veterans Legacy Program not only discover the significance of veteran contributions to college campuses, they realize that veterans are everywhere on campus and in the larger community.
Women have served both on the battlefront and closer to home in official military capacities throughout U.S. history. In Fort Logan National Cemetery, over 2,300 women are interred.
In spite of unequal treatment, numerous peoples of color and members of immigrant populations asserted their American identities in military conflicts in the twentieth century and beyond, serving their country with patriotism and valor, and finding opportunities amidst the obstacles.
Sometimes a service member’s family has to wait through painful decades before they can finally lay their loved one to rest with the military honors they deserve.
Americans who fought in U.S. wars often held complicated relationships with the enemy, and veteran life histories put these complexities in full relief.