Friday evening, people met at the Colorado State Capitol to mark the 55th anniversary of the National Chicano Moratorium.

"It's important to remember our history," said Alfredo Carvajal of Aurora Unidos, who helped organize the 2025 Chicano Moratorium. "We do it for, to continue, the memory of that; of our history, of our people, but also to make demands."

Protesters at 1970 National Chicano Moratorium Briseno family

On August 29th, 1970, between 20,000-30,000 Mexican-American or "Chicano" activists, including Denver's Corky Gonzales and 100 Chicanos from Colorado, marched in L.A. to protest the Vietnam War, and the nation's disproportionate draft of Latino men . Although the event began as a peaceful march, the Library of Congress says violence broke out after the Los Angeles Count

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