LITTLE FALLS — A central Minnesota cemetery has earned nationwide recognition.
The Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls was offered with the Operational Excellence Award from the Nationwide Cemetery Administration final week. The administration is a part of the US Division of Veterans Affairs.
In July 2021, an unbiased overview of the cemetery examined 95 requirements in classes together with internment operations, grounds upkeep, gear upkeep, and gravestone, marker, and area of interest cowl. The positioning earned a median rating of 96.3 % and met 100% of vital precedence requirements.
The cemetery is the one state veterans cemetery within the nation to obtain the award in 2021. In addition they earned related recognition again in 2011. The Little Falls web site is one in every of three state veterans cemeteries in Minnesota.
Since 1994, greater than 9,000 veterans and spouses have been buried there.
