For establishment of new cemeteries, VA can provide for operating equipment as well. VA can provide up to 100 percent of the development cost for an approved project.Aid is granted only to states or tribes, not to private organizations, counties, cities, or other government agencies. Grants are used only to establish, expand or improve veterans cemeteries that are owned and operated by a state or tribe.The cemetery is owned and operated by the state or tribe. The State or Tribe has not applied for and received a VA grant to establish, expand or improve this veterans cemetery.State and Tribal Veterans Cemeteries: Definition of Federally Funded and Unfunded We may be able to accommodate casketed remains in the same gravesite of previously interred family members. This cemetery has space available for cremated remains.Since there is no way to know in advance when a gravesite may become available, please contact the cemetery at the time of need to inquire whether space is available. When either of these two scenarios occurs the cemetery will assign such gravesites or columbarium niches to other eligible Veterans or family members at the time of the request. Periodically however, burial space may become available due to a canceled reservation or when a disinterment has been completed. The only interments that are being accepted are subsequent interments for veterans or eligible family members in an existing gravesite. This cemetery is closed to new interments.This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains.National Cemeteries: Definition of Burial Space Massachusetts State Veterans Cemetery - WinchendonĬlaude A. Massachusetts State Veterans Cemetery - Agawam Please contact the specific cemetery for information. VA cannot answer your questions or comments about any of these state or tribal veterans cemeteries. Even though they may have been established or improved with Government funds through VA's Veterans Cemetery Grants Program, state and tribal veterans cemeteries are operated and maintained by the states or tribes. Eligibility is similar to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries, but may include residency requirements. Many states and tribes have established VA Grant Funded Veterans Cemeteries. You may also want to check the listing of state and tribal veterans cemeteries. Please note that there is not a VA national cemetery in every state. The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) National Cemetery Administration maintains 155 national cemeteries in 42 states and Puerto Rico as well as 34 soldier's lots and monument sites.

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