It’s always fun to drive past Cloquet’s Veterans Park and see bustling activity — crowds of people, cars parked along the road, bright tents and kiddie games, food vendors, and musicians on a big stage in the corner.

This time, it was the Kingdom Builders Ministry that brought back its annual festival to the park last Saturday, after a break last year due to the pandemic. We couldn’t be happier to see them.

The park was updated by the city in 2016, to the tune of more than $1 million, to add walkways, the wall honoring veterans, shelter improvements and installation of better draina...