Overview
- More than 100 relatives of the 44 victims gathered Friday at the Denver Crime Lab to share stories ahead of the dedication.
- A granite monument near the former Stapleton control tower will name passengers, crew and first responders, with design elements echoing an aircraft fuselage.
- History Colorado is displaying wreckage from the DC-6B, including a baggage-area fragment that shows clear explosion damage, alongside personal artifacts.
- United Flight 629 was destroyed by a dynamite bomb on Nov. 1, 1955, in the first confirmed sabotage of a U.S. domestic airliner; bomber John Gilbert Graham was convicted and executed in 1957.
- Organizers plan a Saturday evening symposium at Wings Over the Rockies to examine the investigation’s legacy for aviation security and forensic practice.