The Columbine Memorial will be dedicated Sept. 21 after years of fundraising, it was announced Tuesday.
The 4 p.m. public ceremony will be at the Grant Amphitheater in Clement Park, a short distance from the memorial to be dedicated to the 12 students and teacher who were killed and two dozen students who were injured in the April 20, 1999, tragedy at nearby Columbine High School.
“We are genuinely pleased to be in a position to set the long-awaited dedication date,” said Columbine Memorial committee chairman Bob Easton.
Construction of the memorial on a hill overlooking the high school is 85 percent complete, with the project expected to be completed over the next 45 days, Easton said.
Native stone has been used in the inner Ring of Remembrance, with etched words from victims’ relatives, and the outer Ring of Healing, with text by school staffers and community members.
A landscape planting day is scheduled for Aug. 4, with a few volunteers still needed. Additional information about the planting day and the memorial is available at .
Money for the $1.5 million memorial has been contributed by more than 3,000 people, corporations and nonprofit groups.
