MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Much more than just a day off from work or school, Memorial Day is about remembering the people who died serving in our armed forces. There are events to honor that sacrifice ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Last Memorial Day, wet weather destroyed thousands of flags at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Now, a nonprofit group is trying to replace them, with their work essentially ...

Fort Snelling National Cemetery, located near the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport International Airport on 34th Avenue, is the only national cemetery in Minnesota, a place to honor veterans (and ...

Fort Snelling National Cemetery is hallowed ground. Every day, Christian Schwamberger, the cemetery’s grounds and monuments supervisor, takes care of those who served our nation one stone at a time.

MINNEAPOLIS — Up to 5,000 people are expected to attend the Memorial Day program at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. The hour-long event will begin at 10 a.m. May 26, and will ...

Twelve soldiers who fought on D-Day are buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Kelly said. As of 2023, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that less than 1% of World War II vets ...

On Monday, there will be a parade and ceremony at the Fort Snelling Cemetery, with speakers, ... Minnesota Veterans Homes: Fergus Falls, Monday, 2 p.m. Hastings, Monday, 9 apa.m.

The official Memorial Day service at Fort Snelling National Cemetery was held again in person Monday for the first time since before the pandemic began. To stream KARE 11 on your phone, you need ...

Headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery (Photo: Ben Garvin, KARE 11) Were it a city, Fort Snelling National Cemetery would be Minnesota's third largest, more than two-and-a-half times ...

Dozens of volunteers on Saturday placed wreaths on the the headstones of veterans at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. The event, part of a nationwide remembrance called Wreaths Across America, was ...

F ORT SNELLING, Minn. (KTTC) – Officials with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are partnering with the Fort Snelling National Cemetery to host a solemn Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony.