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- 50 mule train departs Manitou Springs carrying howitzers and ammunition for the July 4th ceremony atop Pikes Peak, July 3, 1950. 1
- After the flag raising ceremony atop Pikes Peak July 4, 1950 Left to Right 1
- After the raising of the American Flag by Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon, two Howitzers, delivered to the summit of Pikes Peak in pieces by mule train, alternately fire a round for each of the 48 states. 1
- An army mule carrying a 75mm howitzer artillery part, and his Camp Carson 4th Field Artillery Battalion handler making their way to the rocky summit of Pikes Peak on July4, 1950. 1
- Camp Carson 4th Artillery Battalion mules, skinners and artillery pieces on the trail to the summit of pikes Peak, July 4, 1950. 1
- Harry (Chico) Gailbraith holds the flag provided by the Colorado Springs Free Press while Joe Rohrer, Manager of KRDO, on the phone, makes arrangements for the proposed 4th of July Flag Ceremony on the summit of Pikes Peak. 1
- Harry (Chico) Gailbraith, vetran newsman and patriotic old-timer of the Pikes Peak region holds the 5X8 foot storm flag which will be unfurled in the July Fourth ceremony at the summit of Pikes Peak. 1
- Harry (Chico) Galbraith with the Camp Carson's 4th Field Artillary Battalion Army mule that will carry the American Flag to the top of Pikes Peak. 1
- Harry (Chico) Galbraith, who first advanced the idea of a flag continually flying atop Pikes Peak to the Free Press, holds the storm flag provided by the Free Press that will be the first flown at the summit on July 4, 1950. 1
- July 3, 1950, Camp Carson's 4th Field Artillery Battallion moves howitzer artillery parts by mule to the summit of Pikes Peak for reassembly and firing a 48 gun salute at the July 4th flag dedication ceremony. 1
- Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon raises the colors on Pikes Peak July 4, 1950. 2
- Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon salutes the American Flag atop America's Mountain, Pikes Peak, on July 4 1950. Cpl Gagnon participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. 1
- Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon says a few words to those gathered after being introduced by Camp Carson Master of Ceremonies, Gene Speakes. 1
- Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon, veteran of Iwo Jima and Kay Husted, National Betsy Ross Flag Daughter of America stand with the Perpetual Flag atop Pikes Peak July 4, 1950. 1
- Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon, veteran of Iwo Jima, and Kay Husted, National Betsy Ross Flag Daughter of America stand with the Perpetual Flag atop Pikes Peak July 4, 1950. 1
- Members of the Camp Carson 4th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) firing a 48 gun salute on July 4 1950, following the flag raising ceremony on the summit of Pikes Peak. 3
- Members of the Camp Carson 4th Field Artillery Battalion reorganizing after the mule accident, which necessitated abandoning one of the howitzers in order to resume the march to the summit. 1
- Mules and skinners of the Camp Carson 4th Field Artillery Battalion loaded with artillery and ammunition on their way to the summit of Pikes Peak via Barr trail, July 3, 1950. 2
- Part of the 50 man, 50 mule train carrying artillery and ammunition along the narrow, rocky Barr Trail to the summit of Pikes Peak for the special flag raising ceremony planned for July 4, 1950. 1
- Some spectators have already gathered and watch as the first of the 50 mule team carring 75 mm howitzer parts for the flag dedication ceremony arrive at the summit of Pikes Peak, July 4, 1950. 1
- Some spectators have already gathered and watch as the first of the 50 mule team carring howitzer parts for the flag dedication ceremony arrive at the summit of Pikes Peak, July 4, 1950. 1
- Spectators on the summit of Pikes Peak after the Flag raising ceremony on July 4, 1950. 1
- The Army mule train, loaded with 75mm howitzer artillery parts and blank rounds of amunition, wind their way through Manitou for their trek up Barr trail to the summit of Pikes Peak, July 3, 1950. 1
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