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Pueblo City Skate Park dedicated to fallen soldier

Posted: May 10, 2010 7:56 PM by Stephanie Collins
Updated: May 10, 2010 7:56 PM

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Sergeant Blake A. Harris called Pueblo home and Monday the cities skate park was renamed in his honor.

His mom is proud to know that her son's memory will live on through the park. Sergeant Harris helped push to get the skate park created in 1999, "He loved it, he was one of the original people that helped organize and get it started here, a lot of the fundraising and things organized by him too," says Debbie Harris.

Sergeant Harris served in the 1st Cavalry of Fort Hood Texas, and was killed in action in 2007 while serving in Iraq.

Topics: pueblo, fallen, soldier, skate park, sergeant blake a harris

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