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In front of the spot where Liam Nevins was laid to rest, together, they keep his memory alive.
DENVER — Hundreds came out to Fort Logan National Cemetery Monday morning to honor those who served this country and remember those who sacrificed it all.
For Gold Star Mother Victoria Nevins, this is one place she can come and feel close to her son.
Sgt. First Class Liam Nevins served in the 5th Battalion, 19th Group of the Airborne Special Forces with the Colorado Army National Guard.
Nevins remembers her son’s big personality and love of the military growing up.
“He was a dreamer. He was an artist,” Nevins said. “He had his grandfather’s metal helmet and he would run around and play soldier.”
Before graduating high school, he’d joined up. First, he served with the 82nd Airborne. In his multiple deployments, Nevins said, he served in Iraq and mostly Afghanistan.
“And he used to draw little pictures all the time so I have various little diaries that have all these sketches of Afghanistan,” Nevins said.
In 2013, Nevins said, her son had been hurt in combat and was back at his base.
“He was hanging around helping people. And he, one of his friends from another unit asked him to go out onto the range and help train Afghanis. And one of them turned the gun and shot the three SF guys who were there,” Nevins said.
Liam Nevins was killed. He was just weeks away from coming home.
“It was hard,” Nevins said. “But, I inherited a family. These are all my sons.”
Her son’s unit wrapped their arms around her and supported her.
“They’re my family. I can always count on them,” she said.
Memorial Day is a tough day to be alone. Her son’s unit makes sure she doesn’t have to be.
“It’s just kind of, it wouldn’t be Memorial Day without them,” Nevins said. “And a lot of them just came back from deployment, so I’m lucky. I’m very lucky. I mean, a lot of the Gold Star Mothers don’t have that kind of support.”
In front of the spot where Liam Nevins was laid to rest, together, they keep his memory alive.
“I knew him as a boy and as a teenager and those fun stories, but I learned so much about him as a man and a man to be admired, an honorable man,” Nevins said.
Here, they share stories and support. The group never misses a Memorial Day at Fort Logan.
“Oh, I couldn’t, no,” she said.
Together, they’re able to make this dark day a little brighter.
“It does,” Nevins said. “It truly does.”
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