DENVER (KDVR) — They’ve spent three decades carrying out a sacred duty at Fort Logan National Cemetery.
Volunteers from the All Veterans Honor Guard turn up daily to pay one last tribute to those who wore the uniform. On Monday, a team was on hand to render final military honors at the committal service for Mark Johnson, an Army veteran who served in the 101st Airborne Division.
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“We’re assembled here today to provide the final honor for our departed comrade Mark Johnson. When the call of our country was heard, Mark answered that call,” said Maury Smith, commander of the All Veterans Honor Guard.
The service Monday was one of 25,000 services over the last 30 years carried out by the veterans group. In the early 1990s. When the US government discontinued the practice of providing final military honors for all veterans, a pair of local veterans launched All Veterans Honor Guard to step in and render the final honors…