Attendees at a District meeting in Glenwood Springs of the 40 & 8, circa 1941. Back row, l to r: Jack Samuelson, Mike Bosco, Jack Huntley, Pete Thome, Nels Benson, Frank Doll, Herman Stein, James Walsh, Joe Allen. Bottom row: John Adriance, Ray Angel, Ivan Al Reider, Earl Faulkhabe, Joe F. Walsh (seated on floor), Thomas Fitzgerald, Doc Franklin McDonald, William H. Luby, W. W. "Mickey" Walsh, George Gillian and Wilt N. Thelin. "The Forty...

Members of American Legion, Eagle River Valley Post 150, Gypsum, Colorado, on Decoration Day, May 30, 1940. This may have taken place at Cedar Hill Cemetery. [Photo printed May 30, 1940, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colo.] After World War II, the name "Memorial Day" became more common. In June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, making four national holidays three-day weekends. Memorial Day was one of these, now celebrated on the...