11/11/2026
🇺🇸 HONORING OUR HEROES, TWO-LEGGED & FOUR-LEGGED 🇺🇸
Happy Veterans Day from the Two Mile High Club & Cripple Creek Donkeys! ❤️🤍💙
Today, we pause to honor the brave men and women who have served our country, defended our freedoms, and sacrificed so much for the nation we call home.
As caretakers of Cripple Creek’s beloved donkeys, we also want to recognize some of history’s often-overlooked heroes: the four-legged ones! 🐴🐾
Throughout American military history, animals have served alongside our troops in extraordinary ways.
🐕 War Dogs have stood beside our service members, detecting explosives, locating danger, and protecting lives.
🐎 Horses carried soldiers, transported supplies, and served on battlefields long before modern military vehicles.
🫏 Donkeys and mules, the hardworking, sure-footed heroes of difficult terrain, carried food, am******on, medical supplies, and equipment where vehicles couldn’t travel.
They didn’t wear uniforms or earn medals like their human companions, but their contributions helped shape history.
Here in Cripple Creek, our own donkeys are living reminders of the hardworking animals that helped build our mining communities and our nation.
To every veteran, past and present, thank you for your courage, your sacrifice, and your service. And to the loyal animals who served beside them, your contributions will not be forgotten.
🇺🇸 From our herd to our heroes, we salute you! 🇺🇸
