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September 20, 2007

$5.7 million OK'd for state veterans cemetery

The federal Department of Veterans affairs has approved the state's application for more than $5.7 million to expand the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter.

The grant will pay for developing an additional burial area including 2,300 full-casket burial sites, 600 in-ground cremation sites and 624 columbarium niches for cremation remains, Governor Carcieri's office said in a news release this afternoon.

The state applied for the grant in August.

“As citizens, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Rhode Island's veterans and their families," Carcieri said in the statement. "Rhode Island's Veterans Memorial Cemetery provides a fitting place where they can be appropriately honored for their patriotism and their sacrifices."

The governor added: “By funding the expansion of the cemetery, this federal grant will provide all Rhode Island veterans an opportunity to be laid to rest with their comrades, past and present."

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:42 PM | Permalink

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