Cortez Masto says VA committed to Elko veterans cemetery
May 27, 2021
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ELKO, Nev. (AP) A nearly decade-long effort has resulted in a Veterans Administration commitment to build a new National Veterans Cemetery in northeast Nevada, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Thursday.
Gil Hernandez, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2350 in Elko and a member of the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery advisory committee, credited the Democratic senator in a statement with securing the VA pledge for the site in Elko.
Cortez Masto said in the statement that Elko has been considered for a veterans cemetery since 2011 under the VA Rural Initiative.
FRANCIS DWIGHT SCOTT
Oakdale resident and former marine Francis (Frank) Dwight Scott passed away January 30, of this year after a long bout with cancer.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1933, Frank moved to Oakdale after spending 24 years in service to his country with the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserves where he rose to the rank of Master Sergeant.
Frank continued his dedication to service as an active member of the Oakdale Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2922 and with Marine Corps League Detachment 019 of Modesto. He was also active in his church and was a member of the Legion of Merit at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church.
Kaan Architecten has built a pavilion to commemorate Dutch victims of the second world war, with thickset walls that strategically frame views of the trees and sky.
Located in the village of Loenen, the building sits between two graveyards – the Loenen National War Cemetery and the new National Veterans Cemetery.
Loenen Pavilion is situated in between a war cemetery and a veterans cemetery
Kaan Architecten s aim was to give visitors a space for rest and contemplation, with a building that embodies both openness and enclosure.
With its stone-clad walls and heavy concrete roof, Loenen Pavilion seeks to create a close relationship between architecture and landscape, by creating framed apertures of the birch and pine trees that surround.