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Connecticut DVA: state veterans cemetery expansion under way; long-term site search continues
Summary
Commissioner Ron Welch told lawmakers the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown holds 14,602 burial plots and about 3,000 niches; a $2 million VA grant funds a 30%-complete expansion intended to buy ~1,400 cremation plots and push depletion dates out while the state seeks a new 50+ acre site.
Ron Welch, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, told the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee that cemetery expansion and establishing new cemeteries are top priorities for the department.
Welch provided inventory and timeline details for the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown: 14,602 burial plots and roughly 3,000 niches are on site. The department accepted a $2,000,000 grant from the Federal Department…
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