Sunset Over the Creek
Photo by Chris Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Nov. 11th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Golden Sports
- 9:30AM - Your Favorite Quilt Square in Mosaic with Michael Gold
- 10:30AM - Canceled: Front Porch Friends Meeting @ The Community Center
- 11AM-4PM - The American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibition on Tour
- 12-1PM - Ribbon Cutting: Fix-It 24/7
- 5-7PM - VIBE@Five
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 5:45-7PM - Golden High School PTA Meeting
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Tuesdays
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night
- 7PM - Pub Trivia
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Veterans Day
Photo by Joyce Davell
This is Veterans Day, which is a Federal holiday. Federal, State, County, and City offices are all closed today, including the library. There will be no mail delivery. The Golden Community Center is open.
As a token of appreciation
Paul Haseman (U.S. Army Veteran and West Point Graduate) contributed the following list of restaurants offering free meals to veterans today:
All require proof of military service such as an ID card.
Bonfire Burritos - free burrito
Outback Steakhouse - three course meal
Wendy’s - free breakfast combo at participating locations
Applebee’s - free entry from special menu
Chili’s - free meal at participating locations
Firehouse Subs - buy one get one free
iHop - red, white and blueberry pancake combo
Red Robin - Big Tavern Burger and bottomless fries
In-N-Out Burgers - Burger, fries and drink
Olive Garden - free entree
Just the ones I searched for. There may be more.
Thank you to all current and past service members!
9:30AM Your Favorite Quilt Square in Mosaic with Michael Gold @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Michael will help you convert your favorite quilt block into a mosaic masterpiece! Learn to work in the art of mosaic in this 1 1/2 day class. You will send your fav quilt block to Michael a week before the class, and he will prepare your wooden canvas for you to work on. Supplies will be provided - so you just need to bring your creative juices and a bag lunch for the full day class. Register
To see more upcoming classes, check the website.
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
12-1PM Ribbon Cutting: Fix-It 24/7 @ Fix-It 24/7
Join Fix-It 24/7 on Veteran's Day to celebrate a benchmark of service to over 3,500 local first responders.
They provide a free membership maintenance plan to all firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, and active, reserve and veteran military through their Community Hero Program.
Please join us for a ceremony, ribbon cutting to mark the occasion and enjoy light refreshments. Register
Location:
Fix-It 24/7
16360 Table Mountain Parkway (Map)
5-7PM VIBE@Five
VIBE@FIVE is Golden's Happy Hour! Come join other members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce for this "Very Important Business Event" - VIBE!
This event is for members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and their guests as well as for members of the Golden Young Professionals.
Stop in for a quick hello and a refreshment right after work and a chance to get to know fellow members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and Golden Young Professionals. This is a great networking and socializing event.
Location:
Denver Kickers Sport Club
16776 W. 50th Avenue (Map)
Golden History: Armistice Day from Decade to Decade
The headline from the November 14, 1918 Colorado Transcript and a photo from the Golden History Museum collection showing the spontaneous community celebration that erupted when peace was declared
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The First Armistice Day
1918
The original Armistice Day marked the end of World War I. As the headline says, Golden Went Wild at the news. They paraded and partied, they had a big bonfire, and they took turns ringing the fire bell. After many hours of non-stop clanging, the bell cracked. After that, it was called “Golden’s Liberty Bell.” The cracked bell was installed in a place of honor and a time capsule full of 1918 memorabilia was encased beneath it.
Subsequent Armistice Days
1928
Golden’s Presbyterian and Christian Science churches held Armistice Day services. The Transcript reprinted the Armistice Day story, with the comment that “If you have a boy or girl in your family who has never read the Armistice Day story, see that it is read to them. History was made that day and no book in school will tell them of what took place in Golden at that time.”
1938
Armistice Day was made a national legal holiday, and the Governor of Colorado designated Nov 4th-11th as American Legion appreciation week, “in recognition of the legion’s sincere efforts to carry out programs which are calculated to keep America American.” The county and city offices, schools, banks, and stores were closed for the day.
1948
Jefferson County launched a savings bond campaign on Armistice Day. The United States was paying off the debt from World War II, and they were hoping to reach farmers when they were flush with cash at harvest time. “The best insurance all of us can have that our huge debt will not come tumbling down on our heads is to distribute it a widely as possible among individuals. Every dollar of our federal debt which is transferred to individual savings bonds brings just that more stability to our economy and lessens the inflationary pressure.”
1958
The name of the holiday changed in 1954. “Armistice” originally memorialized the ceasefire at the end of World War I. By the mid-1950s, we had fought in another World War as well as Korea. “Veterans Day” celebrated the veterans of all wars. The Golden VFW Post marked the day with a barbecue.
1968
Golden’s “Liberty Bell,” cracked during the Armistice Day celebration in 1918, was reinstalled in front of our new (1961) municipal center. The 1918 time capsule was opened and a new capsule was buried beneath the bell. The gathering included many people who had participated in the 1918 celebration.
1978
In 1968, the Federal Government had moved Veterans Day to late October, to give people a three-day weekend. Several states–including Colorado–did not follow the Federal Government’s lead. After many years of protests and pressure, the Feds moved the holiday back to November 11th. The Transcript reported that it was “the first time in 10 years that federal employees will celebrate the holiday on the same day as Colorado and other state employees.” The Golden VFW sponsored a script writing competition. Students were encouraged to submit tapes of themselves talking about “Why I Care About America.”
1988
This was the second year for the "Avenue of Flags" honoring veterans in the Golden Cemetery. In this tradition, families of deceased veterans donate their coffin flags to be flown in the cemetery. The name of the veteran being honored appears on the flag. The first year this was done, in 1987, there were 8 flags. By 1988 they were flying 37 flags. (The American Legion website indicates that as of 2025 there are 311 flags.) I'm not sure whether they still post the flags on Veterans Day, as they originally did, but I know they still do it for Memorial Day.
1998 and 2008
There's a gap in the record for 1998 and 2008, since the Golden Transcripts for those years are not yet available online, but I can resume the story in....
2018
Fifty years had passed since 1968, and it was time to open the time capsule again. This time we were looking at the treasures buried in 1968. Despite the snowy day, hundreds of people turned up for the unveiling. The crowd included a number of people who had been present in 1968.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Veterans Day: Partly sunny. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 62 in the afternoon. West northwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 44°F
Wednesday: Partly Sunny, 68°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 45°F
Thursday: Sunny, 70°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 46°F
Friday: Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 67°F
Friday Night: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 41°F
Saturday: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 56°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers then Partly Cloudy, 35°F
Sunday: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 54°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 35°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 57°F
News About Golden - November 11, 2025
Colorado man, 49, among first to finish all 7 World Marathon Majors this year: "My wife thinks I'm crazy"
By Michael Abeyta
CBS News
A Colorado runner has finished seven World Marathon Majors in a single year. That makes him one of only a handful of people to accomplish that feat. He completed the seventh marathon just last weekend.
Max Fulton from Golden showed off his newest hardware on Sunday... Read more...
Foundation work underway on Golden’s new municipal center
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Anyone who’s passed by 311 10th St. recently has seen plenty of dirt moving around the future site of Golden’s municipal center.
Golden community members broke ground on the $60 million facility in July, and crews started working in earnest in August... Read more...
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