Ground broken at Camp Ripley for military museum

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — A ground-breaking ceremony Sunday was a landmark for the new $32 million Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum at the National Guard training site at Camp Ripley. Following the turning of the first shovels of dirt, a World War II bulldozer cleared a small section of the site.  The museum, 40,000 square feet, has been designed to accommodate 80,000 artifacts. Major funding has come from the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.