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June 17, 2025:
The North Dakota Veterans Cemetery Foundation extends our deepest gratitude to the VFW Auxiliary, Department of North Dakota for their generous donation and unwavering support.
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Thanks to their incredible generosity, new benches will be placed throughout the cemetery—offering a peaceful place for families and visitors to pause, reflect, and honor the memory of our nation’s heroes.
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Your continued dedication to our veterans and their families means more than words can express. Thank you for helping make the cemetery not just a resting place, but a place of comfort and remembrance.
June 2, 2025: We are proud to announce that the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery Foundation has officially reached its fundraising goal in support of the upcoming road project at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.
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Thanks to the incredible generosity of over 350 donors, we were able to match 50% of the total cost of this critical repair project. We are truly humbled by this outpouring of support, which makes it possible to maintain safe and dignified access for all who visit.
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The project is scheduled to begin July 14, 2025, with completion expected in early August 2025. Cemetery staff are carefully planning each phase to ensure the cemetery remains accessible throughout the work.
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We’ll be sharing updates on the project as it progresses—thank you again for helping us honor our veterans and preserve this sacred space.
Wreath Across America 2024
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On December 14, 2024 the Wreaths Across America was held at the ND Veterans Cemetery. Volunteers placed wreaths on all grave sites!
On September 25, 2024, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jackie Huber, North Dakota National Guard deputy adjutant general presented Vernon Fetch with a President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Verne has volunteered more than 2,500 hours at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery since it opened in 1992.The ND Veterans Cemetery and the ND Veterans Cemetery Foundation are both deeply grateful to all it’s volunteers!
November 2023 - North Dakota Veterans Cemetery Adds Columbarium Expansion
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This Columbarium facility compliments and preserves the serenity of the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery and provides an additional 20 years of interment space. Additionally, the facility enhances interment options as the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery will now be able to offer above ground cremation interments, while continuing to offer full body underground interments, and underground cremation interments.
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Construction costs were approximately $2.1 million which included a $1.86 million grant from the National Cemetery Administration. The remaining funding is provided with donations through the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery Foundation.
Ribbon cutting, November 11, 2023