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Instead of supporting 5,000 military funerals each year, it&#8217;s now reduced to 3,000 funerals. And those at Camp Ripley, Fort Snelling and a new veterans cemetery in Preston will get priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The captain of the Duluth Honor Guard says the change could cause some veterans from northern Minnesota to miss out on the tradition. 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