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Hundreds will mark Memorial Day at Fort Snelling National Cemetery on Monday as wreaths are laid on the graves of fallen service members. More for You. GOP senator hits Trump tax bill, ...
It was a decade ago, as Memorial Day 2015 approached, when a phone call to Fort Snelling National Cemetery led Joanne Malmstedt to be the change she wished to see in the world.
U.S. Senator Tina Smith was at Fort Snelling on Friday as Minnesota's Vietnam veterans were honored in a wreath-laying ceremony. More for You US strikes on Iran ‘less devastating than expected’ ...
Wreaths Across America began with a ceremony Saturday morning at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Community volunteers then walked around the site to find headstones, say the names of the fallen ...
Fort Snelling State Park reopened Friday after being closed for more than a month due to flooding of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said that ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Tribune News Service) — A blue-tinted 4,000- to 8,500-year-old copper blade. A pair of U.S. Infantry captain’s shiny silver epaulets, worn on dress uniforms, each with a ...
New Exhibition Examines the Many Converging Histories of Minnesota’s Fort Snelling The site was the backdrop for critical moments in Native American, African American and Japanese American history.
Historic Fort Snelling also reopened its new visitor center inside the 1904 cavalry barracks. The building’s wood floors and windows were rehabilitated, while new walls went up.
After years of restoration and development, Fort Snelling’s Upper Post offers affordable housing that prioritizes veterans, first responders and Veterans Affairs workers.
Fort Snelling's Upper Post once housed and cared for soldiers, officers and their families. Unlike the main fort, however, it was largely ignored and neglected for decades — until developers ...
The name "Fort Snelling" is also used for a nearby state park and national cemetery, both of which aren't managed by the Historical Society or affected by any potential name change. Kelly Smith ...
In 2019, some Republican legislators were upset that the Historical Society had added temporary signs reading "Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote" and threatened to cut state funding to the nonprofit.