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Sponsor urges state support to make Chillicothe site a Veterans National Cemetery
Summary
Representative Johnson told the Veterans and Military Development Committee that three undeveloped parcels near Chillicothe VA (about 400 acres each) could provide a 1,200-acre site for a national veterans cemetery and that Dayton National Cemetery expects capacity constraints within five years.
Representative Johnson urged the committee to support House Concurrent Resolution 27, which would endorse use of existing state land near the Chillicothe VA facility to establish a new national veterans cemetery.
"This resolution would support the use of state existing state land for a new Veterans National Cemetery in Chillicothe," Johnson said, citing the site's WWI-era Camp Sherman history…
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