MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Alabama’s second state veterans cemetery will be located in Madison County, Rep. Dale Strong announced on Wednesday.
The 150-acre cemetery will be located east of Huntsville on Maysville Road. It will include ground crypts, traditional graves, columbarium niches, and a scatter garden, along with a committal shelter and administrative buildings.
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Strong, who helped bring the project to fruition, said the initial plan includes creating 15 to 20 acres and then adding to that every 10 years.
He secured a $13.5 million federal grant to supplement $25 million in state funding for the cemetery.
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Strong worked with the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and Gov. Kay Ivey’s office to further the state’s application for federal funding, stressing the need for additional burial capacity in a region with one of the highest concentrations of veterans in the state…