DUNCAN ADAMS
The Butte afternoon burned with heat but lacked the sweltering humidity and incoming artillery of Guam or Vietnam.
The mood was celebratory but lacked a youthful sailor exuberantly kissing a pretty young woman in the town square. Though it seemed clear that James Ingram, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a resident of the Southwest Montana Veterans Home, would have readily volunteered for such duty.
Tuesdayâs celebration focused on fruition: achieving a long-sought goal of providing dignified housing, activities and nursing care for aging veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, especially veterans with ties to southwest Montana.
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Thatâs according to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
On Tuesday afternoon, Tester and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough toured the veterans home during a stop in Butte.
People in Butte never give up, Tester said.
Regional veterans teamed up with politicians and others to bring the $20 million project to fruition. Tester, current chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, had helped secure funding for the project, as had other politicians from both parties.
âThis is good for our veterans,â he said.
Some of those veterans were turned away Tuesday afternoon when they came for the visit by Tester and McDonough. They were told that attendance at the indoor meeting had to be limited because of COVID-19.