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Legislature green lights Sand Creek memorial. But what will it look like? Where will it stand?
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Lawmakers passed a resolution green lighting a memorial to be placed on the Capitol grounds dedicated to the 1864 Sand Creek massacre, in which Colorado Volunteer soldiers killed as many as 163 Cheyenne and Arapaho, many of them women and children. The memorial has been years in the making. The 12-member Capitol Building Advisory Committee…
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Sand Creek Massacre Capitol grounds memorial plan moves forward
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State officials on Friday advanced a plan to site a new memorial to the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre on the grounds of the Capitol in Denver after more than an hour of emotional testimony delivered mostly by members of regional Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The proposal won unanimous support from the 12-member Capitol Building Advisory…
