Veterans Day celebrations were abundant across Southwest Colorado.
To kick off the festivities, Mancos fifth graders held a pancake breakfast Thursday for veterans at the district cafeteria.
On Saturday, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 hosted a breakfast buffet ahead of Cortez’s Veterans Day parade. The group also put on a dance that evening.
And on Monday, Dolores Middle School and High School put on their annual Dolores Veterans Day program.
Dolores middle school students thank local veterans at an event in the school gym Monday.
Veterans attend an event on Monday put on by Dolores high school and middle school students.
Veterans enjoy a breakfast buffet Saturday at American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 in Cortez.
Jerry Huskey, 76, who served in the Vietnam War 1967-1968, Destra Lockhart, 52, and H.D. Randolph, 75, who served in the Vietnam War 1969-1970, attend a Veterans Day breakfast put on by Mancos fifth graders on Thursday.
Mancos fifth graders served area veterans breakfast on Thursday.
