Gold Star families from Colorado’s Front Range place remembrance roses at the base of the flagpole May 7 during a Gold Star flag raising ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Each rose represented a fallen service member.

U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, commander of United States Space Command, addresses a crowd of service members and Gold Star families during USSPACECOM’s Gold Star service flag raising ceremony May 7 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The ceremony was held in conjunction with Gold Star Awareness Month.

United States Space Command service members await the start of the Gold Star flag raising ceremony May 7 outside USSPACECOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Each family was given a single remembrance rose to place at the base of the Gold Star flagpole in memory of their service member.

During the Gold Star flag raising ceremony May 7, United States Space Command service members ceremoniously ascend the Gold Star flag outside USSPACECOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Gold Star families and service members from the Front Range attended the ceremony.