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    ND Veterans Cemetery receives national award

    ND Veterans Cemetery receives national award

    Photo By Chief Warrant Officer Kiel Skager | George Eisenbach, acting director of the Veterans Cemetery Grants Services, presents...... read more read more

    BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, UNITED STATES

    08.21.2013

    Courtesy Story

    North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs

    BISMARCK, N.D. - The U.S Department of Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration (NCA) presented the agency’s “Excellence of Appearance Award” to the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery on Aug. 21.

    The award was presented by Mr. George Eisenbach, acting director of the Veterans Cemetery Grants Services. Accepting on behalf of the N.D. Veterans Cemetery was Brig. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, North Dakota deputy adjutant general, Col. Steven Tabor, director of Engineering and Facilities for the N.D. Guard and Pam Helbling-Schafer, cemetery director.

    “This award is a great testament to the outstanding staff that operate and maintain the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery,” said Dohrmann. “Thanks to their efforts and the countless hours donated by dedicated individual volunteers and our veterans organizations, these beautiful grounds are a fitting final resting place for our military heroes.”

    State veterans cemeteries are inspected every three years by the NCA. The review includes headstone general appearance, alignment, turf conditions, drainage, as well as building and equipment maintenance. The “Excellence in Appearance Award” is presented to those cemeteries that meet or exceed the requirements of this triennial review.

    “It’s truly great to get out to North Dakota and see this beautiful cemetery,” Eisenbach remarks when presenting the award. “I congratulate the team that worked so hard to achieve this national-level recognition.”

    The N.D. Veterans Cemetery is a member of the NCA’s national cemetery system and was established by an act of the 1989 Legislative Assembly. Opened in 1992, is operated by the Office of the Adjutant General of North Dakota. It is located 6.5 miles south of Mandan on Highway 1806 on a 35-acre tract of land in the southwest corner of Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park.

    “We are really proud of this memorial park and our efforts to make it a first-class facility for our military veterans and their loved ones,” said Helbling-Schafer. “It is truly an honor to provide our military members a respectful and dignified interment area.”

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    Date Taken: 08.21.2013
    Date Posted: 08.21.2013 18:18
    Story ID: 112345
    Location: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, US

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