Approximately 95 former shipmates, spouses and relatives from the World War II-era battleship U.S.S. Colorado will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder on Friday, Sept. 7.
The alumni group will arrive at the University Memorial Center at 11:30 a.m. for a visit to the Veterans Lounge on the second floor of the UMC. The ship's wheel and bell and a cast-iron scale model of the battleship are on permanent display in the lounge, along with the 48-star American flag that flew on the ship during World War II.
The group will then have lunch in the UMC and later tour the Navy ROTC office in Folsom Stadium. Earlier in the day, the alumni group will meet at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver for a welcome address by CU President Hank Brown at 10 a.m.
The U.S.S. Colorado was commissioned in 1923 and was most active during World War II in the Pacific. It was decommissioned in 1947 and cut up for scrap in 1959.
For more information, including a complete schedule of the visit, contact Greg Swenson in the CU-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-3113.