Legislation Details

File #: 25-200    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 4/2/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/8/2025
Title: A Joint Proclamation recognizing the Military Order of the World Wars Colorado Springs Chapter 151 and the Rocky Mountain Youth Leadership Foundation Presenter: Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2 Mayor Yemi Mobolade
Attachments: 1. Military Order of the World Wars Proclamation

 

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A Joint Proclamation recognizing the Military Order of the World Wars Colorado Springs Chapter 151 and the Rocky Mountain Youth Leadership Foundation

 

  Presenter: 

Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2
Mayor Yemi Mobolade

 

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The Military Order of the World Wars was first recognized as a Veteran Service Organization by Congress in 1919. The “Great War” was over, and US military officers were returning home. Their Commander-in-Chief, General John J. Pershing, counseled his wartime leaders, “…May I ask that you carry home your high ideals and continue to live as you have served.”   Many veteran officers sought to fulfill that request, forming their own order to serve their communities and maintain the fraternal bonds forged on the battlefield.

 

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