Fifty years ago this coming month, I skipped class to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of a cornerstone laying of monumental significance. The Old Guard's Fife and Drum Corps from Washington ...

FORT SNELLING, Minn. (AP) — Fort Snelling National Cemetery hosts a holiday wreath-laying ceremony to honor and remember the nation's veterans on Saturday. The Civil Air Patrol, veterans groups ...

“The best word I can find to describe it is honor,” adds Joanne Malmstedt, who runs the nonprofit Flags for Fort Snelling. Hundreds of volunteers are placing flags on 200,000 gravestones this ...

Hundreds of people turned out Monday morning to mark Memorial Day at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Speakers included Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, as well as Gov. Mark ...

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 ...