New museum aims to tell the stories of Minnesota veterans

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16 Dec 2024


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Construction is underway on a new museum next to Camp Ripley near Little Falls to honor Minnesota’s military veterans.

When Randal Dietrich looks out over a frozen field next to Highway 371, he envisions a place where people will come to hear the stories of the roles Minnesotans have played in conflicts from the Civil War to the present day.

They’ll hear the stories of men and women who sacrificed and still carry scars, of those who gave their lives and lie beneath white grave markers in the nearby State Veterans Cemetery, connected to the museum via a walkway.

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