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Medal of Honor Plaza

Pueblo is the hometown of four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients – William J. Crawford – Army – WWII; Carl L. Sitter -Marines – Korea; Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy- Marines- Korea; and Drew D. Dix- Army -Vietnam. The Medal of Honor is the highest military award that can be bestowed upon a member of the United States Armed Forces; Teddy Roosevelt lobbied for one but never received it and General George Patton said, “I’d sell my immortal soul for that Medal.”

President Dwight D. Eisenhower upon presenting Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy with his Medal in 1953 commented, “What is it…something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes!” In 1993 Colorado Representative Scott McInnis had read into the Congressional Record information about Pueblo and it’s recipients of the Medal of Honor. He cited at that time that it was the only city to have this record of four living recipients from the same hometown. Following that declaration in the Congressional Record, the Pueblo City Council adopted the “Home of Heroes” theme.

Since then, Pueblo has continued to show its increased pride in the military. It hosted the Congressional Medal of Honor National Convention in September of 2000 and unveiled four sculptures to Crawford, Sitter, Murphy and Dix as well as listing on granite plates the names of all Medal of Honor Recipients since the Civil War when the award was first created.

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Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo

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Medal of Honor Memorial

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El Pueblo History Museum

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InfoZone News Museum

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Rosemount Museum

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Huerfano County Mining Museum

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Buell Children’s Museum

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Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum

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Steelworks Museum of Industry & Culture

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Medal of Honor Portraits Gallery (Center for American Values)

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Pueblo Heritage Museum

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Royal Gorge Bridge & Park

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Royal Gorge Route Railroad

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