Memorial Day
Photo by Joyce Davell
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, May. 27th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 11AM-12PM - Memorial Day Ceremony
- 1:45PM - Memorial Day Ceremony
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10-11AM Memorial Day Observed at Golden Cemetery
VFW and American Legion at Golden Cemetery - photo by Dave Powers
The Golden VFW Post 4171 will honor our fallen warriors on Memorial Day at Golden Cemetery.
Golden Cemetery
755 Ulysses Street (map)
Construction and Destruction
Demolition of the CoorsTek buildings continues
Patrick Klein worked his drone magic and captured images of the demolition at CoorsTek and the housing construction projects by the School of Mines.
Pro Tip: If you view this post on the website, you'll be able to click on the photos to enlarge them.
CoorsTek/Clayworks
Colorado School of Mines Construction - East of Highway 6
Colorado School of Mines Construction - West of Highway 6
1:30 Memorial Day Observed at the Marine Corps Memorial
Memorial Day at the Marine Memorial - photo by Dave Powers
Guest Speaker: Sergeant Major Matthew G. King, USMC
Program
Please arrive by 1:30 p.m.
What you'll need: bring your own chairs if you are unable to stand for more than 30 minutes without assistance. We don’t always have chairs available.
Parking for this event is generously offered by the Home Depot in the shopping area south of the Memorial.
Marine Corps Memorial
Intersection of Highways 6 and 40 (map)
Golden History: Memorial Day, 1917
Two photos from the Golden History Museum collection – Left, George West, Civil War, and Right, Sam Baker, World War I
MOMENT
107 Years Ago
The May 31, 1917 Colorado Transcript captured Golden at a turning point. The members of the pioneer era were fast dying out, and the 20th century was coming on with a vengeance: on April 6 of that year, President Wilson had asked Congress to commit America to “a war to end all wars” (World War I).
The issue included an article about how Memorial Day had been observed by the remaining veterans of the Civil War (“With thinned ranks and stepping a little more feebly than last year, the few veterans remaining of the once proud company…”). That article ended with bracing talk of the next war, praising the patriotic young men who had signed up to serve.
Patriotic or not, the men who had not signed up might still be drafted. The town was planning a parade for Registration Day, when every man in the county between 18 and 30 would be required to register. There were already 300 recruits in town, ready to begin training.
In the meantime, the local bank bought a large advertisement, urging citizens of German birth to forego expressions of loyalty to the fatherland. Other articles described “Wonderful Patriotic Sermon Delivered by Rector of Golden Calvary Church” while warning young men not to skip college in favor of the military: “Need College Men to Develop Resources.”
On the other hand, the paper included a political cartoon showing Uncle Sam on horseback in cavalry attire, knocking down a suspiciously Kaiser-looking guy who holds a sign about the “Volunteer System.” Uncle Sam has a pennant on his rifle, supporting “Selective Conscription” (the draft).
The Transcript of this era strongly encouraged military service. Founder George West had been a Civil War veteran. His son Harley--who was the publisher in 1917--was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. His grandson Neil West Kimball would soon be serving in Europe in World War I.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
Golden History: Far Too Busy for Immorality
Portrait of Eliza Boyd West, who arrived here in 1859 and certainly never had time to be immoral
109 Years Ago
The May 27, 1915 Colorado Transcript included an article relating memories of Hugh Steele, a pioneer who had arrived in Golden in 1859. He had a few interesting observations about women–and clothing for both men and women.
It took nerve to be a pioneer man, but it took still more nerve to be a pioneer woman. I believe women had better morals in those days. But come to think about it, woman who took care of a log cabin, brought up six children, carried wood and water, and cooked, sewed and washed for her family didn’t have much time to be immoral.
Sunbonnets and calico were the rule in those early days. The Paris fashions hadn’t penetrated to Denver yet, and nearly everyone who came here was poor as Job’s turkey when he landed.
After they struck it rich in the hills some of them began to dress up, but it was a saying for a good many years that you didn’t want to turn up your nose at a man in rags, as he might be a college graduate; or a man in buckskins, as he might be a millionaire. And buckskins were a very common dress in those days. Clothes cost a great deal by the time they had been freighted from the East through bands of hostile Indians, fording rivers and coming through all the other uncertainties of pioneer travel.
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.
Weather
Overnight: Clear, with a low around 48. West wind around 8 mph.
Memorial Day: Sunny, with a high near 76. East wind 3 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 50°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 76°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 53°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 81°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 55°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 82°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 51°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 73°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 52°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 76°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 54°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 82°F
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, and Stephen Pero
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson
