Run for the Fallen event makes its way through Castle Pines on Sunday, Sept. 11

In its third annual event, Run for the Fallen Colorado & Honor and Remember - CO Chapter are partnering with Honor and Remember Inc. in a special tribute of gratitude and honor for the men and women who have died in military service to America during the Global War on Terror and to Colorado’s Fallen First Responders who died protecting and serving our community.

A Tribute Team of runners, core relay team and support crew, comprised of active duty, reservists, retired veterans, first responders, Gold Star Family Members and patriotic Americans will embark on a 3-day journey from Fort Carson Colorado to Fort Logan National Cemetery. They will be stopping at each Hero Marker, approximate 1-mile intervals to Honor and Remember individually Colorado’s Fallen Heroes, calling out each Hero by name and paying tribute to their waiting Family and Friends of the Fallen.

On Sunday, September 11, the Castle Pines residents can cheer the runners or watch a commemoration at one of the stops as they make their way through the Castle Pines area.  The stops are roughly every mile, and include memorials with reading the names of fallen law enforcement, service members, and Kendrick Castillo. View the full route here. More information can be found via the Run for the Fallen news release.

Here are a few of the local stops that might be of interest:

• 7:00 am Start with BagPipes and Flags - CR Crystal Valley Fire Station 153
• 7:30 am WWII Fallen Heros - Near Plum Creek Church on Frontage Rd.
• 7:42 am Korean War Fallen Heros - near Medved Autoplex on Frontage Rd.
• 7:54 am Vietnam War Fallen Heros - Castle Rock Veterans Memorial
• 8:06 am Sgt. Pirtle, PO3 Place, SA Schnell - Douglas County High School
• 8:18am Fallen Law Enforcement - DC Christiansen Justice Center
• 8:54 am Col Pruckler, LCDR Purvis, PO2 Randell - Promenade
• 9:06 am PFC Reed, SFC Rehn - Village Shopping Center
• 9:06 am PFC Risner - Happy Canyon Rd. Fire Station
• 9:18 am Cpl Rivard, CPT Rogge - Happy Canyon Rd. nr. Gates 1 & 2
• 9:30 am CPC Rousse, PO2 Rubiolopez - Monarch and Lagae Circle
• 9:42 am SPC Richardson, SSG Ruoff Jr., SSG Sample - Castle Pines Parkway at Metro District Building
• 9:54 am SSG San Agustin, PFC Sandberg, CPT Scoggins - Castle Pines Parkway near the Ridge
• 10:06 am CPT Scutellaro, SFC Seedig, SSG Shackelford - Daniels Park at DP Rd. and CPP
• 10:18 am SSgt Sherwood, SSG Shetler, SSG Shocks Jr., SPC Villarreal Jr. - Daniels Park overlook on DP Rd.
• 10:30 am SPC Lindskog, CPT Rippetoe, SPC Twobabies, CPT Weikel, Hero Citizen Castillo - Daniels Park Rd north of Grigs, nr East West TrailheadM
• 10:54 am CPL Sitton, SGT Smith, Sht J  Smith - Griggs nr. Red Cedar just south of McArthur Rd.