Grant funding through the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration will go to build a new cemetery in the state while expanding another.
According to the NCA, $18 million will go towards establishing a new state veterans cemetery in northern Huntsville. Another $283,200 will fund the expansion of the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort.
“These grants enable the states to serve veterans and their families where they live,” Sam Brown, VA under secretary for memorial affairs, said in a statement. “Because of this program, more than 94% of veterans living in the United States have access to the burial benefits they have earned at a cemetery within 75 miles of where they live.”…