The dedication ceremony for the Idaho State Veterans
Cemetery in Blackfoot was held in October 2021. This veterans cemetery is one
of more than 150 veterans cemeteries across the nation, the second state
cemetery in Idaho. This 40-acre Idaho State Veterans Cemetery will serve more
than 20,000 eastern Idaho veterans and their families.
The event included comments and speeches by Under Secretary, Major
General Ret. Quinn of the National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Gov. Little, Mark Tschampi, Chief
Administrator, Division of Veterans Services, and James Earp, State
Veterans Cemetery Bureau Chief.
Everlasting Tree Honors Under Secretary Mathew Quinn
John and Heidi from Everlasting Tree honored Under Secretary
Mathew Quinn with a commemorative pen set created from the same wood the Montana
state veterans ceremonial urn covers were made from.
Veteran Ceremonial Urns Donated by Everlasting Tree
Flag donated to the Veterans of Eastern Idaho by Karen Clark.
Presentation case constructed and donated by Everlasting
Tree.
OSCS DOYLE D. CLARK’S RETIREMENT FLAG
Flown underway from the USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf
During Operation Desert Storm
Donated to the Veterans of Eastern Idaho by Karen Clark.