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St. Paul, Minn.

Honoring the fallen at Fort Snelling National Cemetery

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Gravestones
Gravestones stand in perfect rows at Fort Snelling National Cemetary in Minneapolis.
MPR Photo/Curtis Gilbert

Today is Veterans Day, and at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Veterans who served their country in battle ranging from the Civil War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried amid rows of precisely lined up white marble headstones.

Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer went to the cemetery with history professor Annette Atkins to learn more about the history of that sacred place.

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Pfc. Kham Xiong
The casket of Pfc. Kham Xiong is carried to the burial site at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Xiong was killed in the Nov. 5 shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas. He was assigned to the 510th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Ft. Hood.
AP Photo/Andy King
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Gravestones stand in perfect rows at Fort Snelling National Cemetary in Minneapolis.
MPR Photo/Curtis Gilbert
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Clarence Kraemer
In this Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010 picture, veteran Clarence Kraemer plays Taps during a funeral for a veteran at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Bloomington, Minn.
AP Photo/Dawn Villella