Plans Announced For Veterans Memorial Center To Be Built at Fargo National Cemetery

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — State and local dignitaries announce a community plan to develop a Veterans Memorial Center at Fargo National Cemetery.

The plan comes after talks of building a facility for the honor guards on duty during the cold and rainy weather.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had purchased land to expand the cemetery from 5 to 35 acres.

The expansion comes with significant investment by the VA which includes ongoing operations, staffing and maintenance.

“We wanted a very nice Veteran’s Memorial center at that cemetery. We want this to be a really great cemetery. So it can serve all the way through North Dakota, all of Western Minnesota, over in Wisconsin, which is in Minneapolis a long ways away, South Dakota. So this is really a regional national cemetery,” said Sen. John Hoeven.

The project will start development sometime next year and is estimated to be finished by 2026.