New Alabama Cemetery Coming

Week of October 27, 2008

The Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) awarded a $1.3 million contract for construction of the Department of Veterans' Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, Ala. The design project, scheduled for completion this winter, will develop 60 acres and provide approximately 4,000 pre-placed double-depth concrete crypt gravesites and 2,300 standard gravesites. Information on VA burial benefits can be obtained from national cemetery offices, from VA's Burial and Memorials website or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at 1-800-827-1000. Information about the new national cemetery is available by calling the cemetery at (205) 665-9039 or toll-free at 1-866-547-5078.

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