The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded $584,250 to the state of Connecticut to expand the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.
The expansion, overseen by the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), will create 1,510 additional grave sites and demolish old buildings to explain the cemetery and provide cremains burial plots, an entry gate, fencing, landscaping, irrigation components, concrete block storage bays, site furnishings and supporting infrastructure.
The funding, announced over the weekend, supplements $294,250 in state funding already allocated for the project, which uses land previously used by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) for the operations of Connecticut Valley Hospital.
“Our veterans put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms we hold dear—we owe it to them to properly honor their service and sacrifice,” said Rep. John B. Larson in a statement.
Connecticut is Home to 140,000 Veterans
Connecticut is home to more than 141,000 veterans, ranking 45th among states for its overall veteran count, according to the latest VA data.
The Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery, which serves more than 357,00 veterans according to the Hartford Courant, was built in 1985 and currently has 14,718 burial plots and 3,000 columbarium niches.
The VA estimated the existing cemetery will run out of available cremation burial plots around January 2028. The expansion will extend the availability of these plots until December 2033 and will therefore support more veterans and their family members as they pass on.
This cemetery provides an invaluable resource in honoring the lives and service of our military veterans and their families, and it is important that we continue to see that this option remains available to them for decades into the future. – Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont
Nationally, since 1980, the VA has awarded 525 grants which come to over $1 billion to establish, expand, improve, operate, or maintain 125 veterans cemeteries across the country, the VA said.
In September, the VA approved over $13.6 million in funds to create a veterans cemetery in Augusta, Ga.
It will create the largest veterans cemetery in the entire state, built on more than 200 acres of land of state-owned property beside the Gracewood campus of East Central Georgia Regional Hospital.
“As we explore options to support these needs over the long-term, this expansion of the existing cemetery in Middletown will provide immediate support to ensure that veterans and their families have uninterrupted access to these services over the coming years,” Lamont added.
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