Pueblo - America's Home of Heroes

In 1993 the US Congress proclaimed Pueblo, Colorado to be "America's Home Of Heroes". At that time, Pueblo held the distinction of being the only city in America with FOUR living recipients of the Medal of Honor: William J. Crawford (WWII), Carl L. Sitter and Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy (Korea) and Drew D. Dix (Vietnam). The Medal of Honor is the highest military award that can be bestowed upon a member of the United States Armed Forces.

On September 21, 2001 the Pueblo’s Medal of Honor memorial was dedicated outside the entrance to the Pueblo Convention Center at “Heroes’ Plaza”. Four 8-foot bronze statues of Pueblo's Medal of Honor recipients dominate the plaza and encircle a pool of water. The water feature is a reference to the words of President Dwight Eisenhower who, upon placing the Medal of Honor around Raymond "Jerry" Murphy's neck said: "What is it in the water out there in Pueblo, all you guys turn out to be heroes?" Read more about the Medal of Honor memorial and Pueblo’s Medal of Honor Heroes at: http://www.pueblomohfoundation.com/index.php?page=memorial

Holiday Mailing Guidelines for Heroes

Pueblo is a VERY patriotic place to live. Many of our residents are currently serving in the military and are deployed overseas. If your military hero will be away from home for the holidays, you are running out of time to send your holiday gifts and letters. Mail and packages for troops that serve in the Iraq and Afghanistan area should be sent by Dec. 4. Holiday mail, including packages and cards, going to military bases in other parts of the world should be shipped by Dec. 11. Visit http://USPS.com to get all of the info. Don’t forget that you’ll need custom forms for APO/FPO addresses. You may have seen the Postal Service TV commercials advertising Priority Mail Flat Rate shipping “If it fits, it ships.” Priority mail flat-rate shipping (boxes are free at the post office) will offer the best shipping value. Deb