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