Our Purpose

The Knights of Columbus Council 10517 and our community partners are working together to honor those veterans from Santa Fe and the surrounding areas who were willing to put their lives on the line so their fellow Americans could live in peace and focus on a better life. Our Santa Fe community honors and cherishes the memory of those veterans who stood for freedom and in many instances, gave their all. We believe the Santa Fe Heroes program is a great way of showing our appreciation and we felt the original program needed to be revitalized and updated. We are proud to work with our partners to demonstrate how the Santa Fe community comes together to honor our veterans.

Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Knights of Columbus Council 10517

Our council is based at Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Community. Learn more about us here.

Santa Fe Heroes Banner Application

At this time the application process is now closed for the Santa Fe Heroes Banner 2025 Season!

We are limited to 200 banners. The program will now begin evaluating the new applications received, and if we have hit our limit, applications will be closed for this year.

Thank you to everyone who applied for a new banner and stay tuned for further information.

Veterans’ Banners & Locations

A list of our Santa Fe Heroes and a map of the streets showing where the banners are located.

The 2025 Banners are up!

Our group of volunteers and community partners have just finished installing the banners for this season. Click here to see a complete list of all the heroes and their banner locations.

Meet Our Partners

The Knights of Columbus Council 10517 could not have accomplished this project without the help and support of the following businesses and government organizations. This project is an excellent example of how the Santa Fe community can come together to accomplish any goal we set our minds to.

Allegra Marketing Print Mail

Banner Printing & Assembly

The folks at Allegra stepped up to answer our request and was able to print our new banners and turn them around quicker than we could have hoped for.

Coates Tree Service

Bucket Trucks, Volunteers

Coates Tree Service offered their personnel and bucket trucks without hesitation.

Desert Tees & Sports

Banner Storage, Liaison with Families

Ralph Ortiz, a fellow Knight, provided his shop for families to pick up their banners. Ralph is very involved in our community.

Southwest Fire Defense & Tree Removal

Bucket Trucks, Volunteers

Southwest Fire Defense & Tree Removal was right there all morning helping install our banners.

Xfinity/Comcast

Bucket Trucks, Volunteers

The local folks at Xfinity/Comcast eagerly provided us support with their personnel and bucket trucks.

A-San Mateo Mini Warehouses

Banner Storage

A-San Mateo Mini Warehouses graciously provided our project with space to store our banners as we were getting things organized.

The Santa Fe New Mexican

Jim Weber © 2025 The New Mexican, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

A special notice to thank the Santa Fe New Mexican for their continued support of our project. We especially wanted to give them a shout out for allowing us to use this magnificent photo by Jim Weber of Rose-Marie Lenahan, which perfectly encapsulates the whole reason for this project.

Santa Fe Heroes Banner Installation Video

A short video on the installation of our banners

Santa Fe Heroes in the News

Current Stories About Our Santa Fe Heroes