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Mountain Post Historical Association, Inc., Artifact Exhibit at Colorado Springs Airport

Monday, May 03, 2010

The Mountain Post Historical Association, Inc (MPHA) is a community based 501©(3) established to raise funds to build the Mountain Post Historical Center (MPHC).

The MPHA is committed to bringing a unique landmark to Fort Carson and surrounding communities. The Mountain Post Historical Center (MPHC) will be located just outside Fort Carson’s main gate on Colorado Highway 115 across the street from the Cheyenne Mountain State Park. It will preserve the history from 1942 – when the Mountain Post was founded in response to World War II – to the present day and beyond. The MPHC will be an educational venue for newly assigned Soldiers, family members, other veteran and civilian visitors, a focal point for reunions, a location to promote educational programs, and a gathering place for the Post, veterans’ organization, youth and civic groups. It will be a place of Honor and the legacy for all those who have and will serve.

Airport Exhibit Photos

The funding for this project, which is currently underway, will be a combination of federal, state, private, corporate donations and sponsorships. The project is in Phase 1 of a 3-phase project.

The artifacts on display are provided courtesy of the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson.

Click here to learn more about how you can help/become involved or call 719-633-2867

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HOOAH to Our Increased Level and New Sponsors

Thursday, March 18, 2010

JOIN our generous donors and become a part of this legacy project!

The Mountain Post Historical Association, Inc. thanks and recognizes the following organizations or individuals for increasing their sponsorship level or become a new sponsor to the "Mountain Post Historical Center" project.

  • Security Service Federal Credit Union and Gay & Lesbian Fund For Colorado increased sponsorship level from Brigade Level ($10,000-$24,000) to 1-Star Level ($25,000-$99,999)
  • Mr. Tom Wiersma increased sponsorship level from Company Level ($1,000-$4,999) to Battalion Level ($5,000-$9,999)
  • Mr. Mark Bradbury increased sponsorship level from Unit Level ($100-$499) to Platoon Level ($500-$999)
  • Mr. Rafael A. Santos has become a new sponsor at the Company Level ($1,000-$4,999)

We would love to add your name to our wonderful list of Sponsors. See our Sponsorhsip Levels and how to Get Involved.

Posted by Becky Bayer-Hughes

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Construction of Mountain Post Historical Center to start during 2011

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

How we can make amends
by Lon Matejczyk

The Army plans to start construction on its museum during 2011.

I have a way the politicos in Denver can make amends for Gov. Bill Ritter’s signing of House Bill 1317, which prohibits state agencies from selling or leasing land for the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site expansion, an act that sends the message that Colorado does not support the Army.

They can show support for the Mountain Post Historical Museum.

The governor and all the state’s senators and representatives need to band together and issue an enthusiastic, pro-museum proclamation with all the trumpeting and posturing they can muster.

Fort Carson is the only division headquarters in the United States without a museum.

Groundbreaking on a 5,000-square-foot, $750,000 home for Fort Carson memorabilia will be during the first quarter 2010.

All elected officials from Denver should come to Colorado Springs with flags flying in support of the Army, the state’s second largest employer.

It would be a good message to send to the Pentagon.

The idea for the museum has been bubbling for a decade and is the brainchild of retired Army Lt. Gen. Ed Soriano, the chairman and president of the Mountain Post Historical Association.

Soriano’s connections at the Pentagon and throughout the Army have gotten the project $9.2 million from the Army’s 2011 budget. The rest of the estimated $18 million cost will come from local fundraising.

Soriano envisions a museum with a community education component that will tell the story of the Army, and particularly the history of Fort Carson, to the area’s schoolchildren.

Ah, I can see the long line of yellow school buses lining up now.

Others, too, have visions.

Terry Sullivan, CEO of Experience Pikes Peak at Colorado Springs, sees a long line of tourists lining up.

He also foresees the addition of 40 local jobs, a tourism boost of an estimated 167,000 annual visitors with 75 percent from out of town and an increase in military reunions.

“Iraq and Afghanistan veterans will start holding reunions and the opening ceremonies for the reunions can be held at the Museum,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan also sees a tourism program called the triangle of honor: Sightseers start at the museum, travel to Canon City to see vintage military memorabilia, then go to Pueblo to see the exhibit on the four Medal of Honor winners. The completion of the triangle is the trip back to the Springs to put heads on pillows.

Let’s send a message to the Army. Let’s have residents lead a state effort in raising the money necessary for the project, let’s get a full slate of politicians and other leaders behind this effort, let’s make the Mountain Post Historical Museum the kind of attraction that not only benefits the business community, but also shows that local people have the spirit state big shots too often lack.

Lon Matejczyk is publisher of the Colorado Springs Business Journal. He can be reached at Lon.Matejczyk@csbj.com or 329-5202.

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Turning a Spade of Dirt

Monday, January 04, 2010

Site of future home of MPHC to see construction activity in 2009

This summer the 4th Infantry Division returns from Ft. Hood, Texas to the Mountain Post after a fourteen year absence. The 4th Infantry Division has a storied history and legacy. Just as capturing the entire history of the Mountain Post from 1942 to present day is important, so is the preservation of the legacy of the 4th ID. Relocation of the 4th ID brings with it up to $750,000 in approved monies to construct a 5,000 square foot facility to display and store some of the Division’s valuable artifacts and pieces of history.

MPHC leaders recently met with the interim command of the 4th ID to discuss combining our efforts to ultimately complete a 30,000 square foot Historical Center, reflecting the entire history of the Mountain Post. Since moving their heritage from Ft. Hood to Ft. Carson and having a place to put it is a high priority, don’t be surprised to see dirt being moved and construction taking place in close proximity to the existing MPHC site prior to the end of 2009.

When a construction schedule is announced, expect supporters of the Mountain Post Historical Center to be invited to participate in “turning the first spade of dirt” in the first step toward completion of the Mountain Post Historical Center.

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The Mountain Post has a long and important history, from WWII through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Center, once completed, will tell the story of the men and women who have served our country at Fort Carson.

~Tom Wiersma, Director Public Works, Fort Carson, CO, and former US Army Captain.

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