FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Dept. of Veterans Affairs is responding to a coalition of local veterans who oppose plans to build an outhouse at the Fargo National Cemetery. United Patriotic Bodies says an outhouse, which the VA calls a “vault toilet,” would be impractical because it would have no electricity, plumbing or heat. In a statement to KVRR News,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A coalition of Fargo-Moorhead area veteran groups will file a complaint with the Department of Veterans Affairs over plans to build an outhouse on the grounds of the Fargo National Cemetery. United Patriotic Bodies Commander Jason Hicks says members of the group met Monday night. “Will be filing a formal complaint with the VA regarding the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)-A local veterans group is pleading with the Cass County City Commission about an expansion plan for the Fargo National Cemetery. Leaders from the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard express their concerns working and conducting ceremonies at the federal cemetery. “A lot of people have no idea of what is needed out at the national cemetery. Monday through Friday…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day and those who served during the war are being honored in Fargo-Moorhead with multiple ceremonies. The region is honoring veterans who made sacrifices. It started off with a couple words from Vietnam Veterans of America leaders at the American Legion in Moorhead followed by a 21 guns salute performed by the…
HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR-TV) – The Daughters of the American Revolution, the Civil Air Patrol, and members of the Fargo Memorial Honor guard are remembering veterans by laying wreaths on their headstones at the Fargo National Cemetery. This effort is a nationwide movement, called Wreaths Across America. Over 2,500 wreath-laying ceremonies are happening across the United States, at sea, and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven holds a roundtable to talk about raising funds for the Fargo National Cemetery. He was joined by V.A. Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs Mathew Quinn, Rep. Kelly Armstrong and the Gus family who previously owned the land. They are working to secure funds to upgrade and secure additional facilities at the cemetery….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo National Cemetery is celebrating an unclaimed veteran on Flag Day. “As the chaplain, it’s always my greatest honor to send these young men and women off,” Fargo Memorial Honor Guard Chaplain, Russ Stabler said. The honor guard is paying its final farewell to an unclaimed veteran at the Fargo National Cemetery. Brian Johnson was 63-years-old…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Memorial Honor Guard will conduct a final honors ceremony for an unclaimed Navy veteran next week. Final honors for Brian Gordon Johnson will be held Monday, June 14 at 11:00 a.m. at the Fargo Veterans Cemetery. Johnson died May 24. He was in the Navy between 1976 and 1980. Johnson is the fourth unclaimed veteran…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An unclaimed military veteran is honored for his service after serving in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. “We’re burying our brother today and this is the military way of saying our final goodbye,” Fargo Memorial Honor Guard Minister Russ Stabler said. With no immediate next of kin, unclaimed military veteran, Sheldon J. Bushroe is…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo National Cemetery and the Memorial National Guard honor an unclaimed military hero for his service. David Oliver, a Vietnam veteran was from Grand Forks and had no next of kin. “No veteran ever is buried without this ceremony,” Fargo Honor Guard Chaplain Russel Stabler said. “This was an amazing man, he served his country…
