Award for New Hampshire Cemetery

Week of September 29, 2008

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a $937,000 grant to increase the capacity of the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, NH for cremation burial. The grant funds construction of a 1,600-niche columbarium and infrastructure such as roads, utilities, landscaping and irrigation. Information on VA burial benefits can be obtained from national cemetery offices, from the VA website or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at 1-800-827-1000. Information about New Hampshire's state veterans' cemeteries is available by calling the New Hampshire State Veterans Council at (603) 624-9230 or visit the New Hampshire State Veterans' Cemetery website.