Editing Pueblo, Colorado (section)

===Home of Heroes===
Pueblo is the hometown of four [[Medal of Honor]] recipients (tied only with [[Holland, Michigan]], also with four,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://hollandmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Medal-of-Honor-Brochure.pdf |title=HOLLAND'S CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS |publisher=Holland Museum  |access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref> each having more than any other municipality in the United States): [[William J. Crawford]], [[Carl L. Sitter]], [[Raymond G. Murphy]], and [[Drew D. Dix]]. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], upon presenting Raymond G. "Jerry" Murphy with his medal in 1953, commented, "What is it... something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes!"

In 1993, Pueblo City Council adopted the tagline "Home of Heroes" for the city due to the fact that Pueblo can claim more recipients of the Medal per capita than any other city in the United States. On July 1, 1993, the ''Congressional Record'' recognized Pueblo as the "Home of Heroes."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pueblo.org/homeofheroes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626224921/http://www.pueblo.org/homeofheroes/ |title=Pueblo, Colorado - The Home of Heroes |publisher=The Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce and The Pueblo Chieftain Newspaper |year=1999 |archive-date=June 26, 2006 |access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref> A memorial to the recipients of the medal is at the Pueblo Convention Center.

From 1846 to 1847 three detachments of the [[Mormon Battalion]] wintered in Pueblo during the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mormon Battalion Detachments {{!}} Church History Biographical Database |url=https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/organization/pioneer-company/mormon-battalion-sick-detachments-1847?lang=eng |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=history.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref>