Photos courtesy of Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
AdAmAn club members ascend Pikes Peak along the Pikes Peak Cog Railway tracks, circa 1925. The new exhibit âCOS@150,â a timeline of the cityâs history told through 150 objects, opened Saturday at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Itâs part of the cityâs yearlong string of events celebrating the sesquicentennial.
Relatives and relative strangers. A vicious virus united us with a prevailing sense of loss. It got to the point when we cringed every time the phone rang or we turned on the television, fearing that there would be news of yet another person passing away. This year has seen the deaths of legends and loved ones alike. Many across the country, and close to home, were claimed by COVID-19, while others succumbed to the ravages of illness or time. Others were children who barely had time to make their marks in this world.
As a rough year ends, The Sacramento OBSERVER takes a minute to reflect and acknowledge some of the many Blacks who died in 2020. They are gone, but not forgotten.
Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s administration building. (Gazette file photo)
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Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette