New Veterans’ Cemetery Opens in Virginia

According to local news reports, a new cemetery for veterans, the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery, has opened in Dublin, Virginia, in the southwestern part of the state. Because there are over 80,000 veterans living in southwest Virginia alone, retired Lieutenant Colonel Pat Green pushed for the completion of the $7.2 million cemetery. Veterans who wish to be interred at the new cemetery can pre-apply for interment using the form at the following website: http://www.dvs.virginia.gov/downloads/Dublin%20Pre%20App.pdf. In order to qualify for internment in the cemetery, veterans or their family members must produce proof of military service, usually in the form of a DD-214.