Bridge Dedication Invite for CSHS Palmer Alumni
Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 10 am.
The dedication of the Interstate 25 bridge overpass on North Academy Boulevard
in honor of Daniel T. Griffin
Navy Aviation Machinist Mate First Class Griffin is the first Coloradoan and widely acknowledged as the
first American serviceman killed in the Dec 7, 1941 attack at Kaneohe Naval Air Station (7 minutes prior to
Pearl Harbor) that drew the United States into World War II. A 1928 graduate of then Colorado Springs
High School (now Palmer High School), he was stationed at Kaneohe Bay on Oahu. His heroism and valor
in defending Oahu was recognized with a purple heart and the commissioning of
the USS Daniel T. Griffin escort ship.
PACKING AND STORING OUR TREASURES
Work will begin on June first, for the huge Palmer High School renovation project.
There are valuable items all through the building that will need to be removed and stored until the project is completed.
Also, the Alumni are responsible for organizing the packing and storing of all the memorabilia on display
and/or stored in the Historic Room on the third floor of the main building.
If you could help in some way (making decisions about how and where to store items and / helping transport our
‘treasures’ to a storage unit), the ALUMNI NEED YOU!
Most of the work does not need to be completed immediately. We have several months,
but we need to get started. You can determine how much or how little you’re able to help.
We’ll meet together and strategize how best to get the job done.
CSHS- Palmer Alumni Breakfast
Join us Sept 13, 2025
Palmer High School, Enter at the Front Nines
Hope to see you there!!!
CSHS-Palmer Alumni Association, P.O. Box 2230, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2230
