WASHINGTON – Continuing its mission of providing a final resting place for New Jersey’s veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of a $3.8 million grant to the state of New Jersey to expand the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in North Hanover Township.
“With the expansion of this state veterans cemetery, VA ensures that memorial benefits for New Jersey veterans will be available for many more years,” said the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
The grant will cover the cost to develop approximately seven acres, which will result in an additional 1,556 single- and 3,392 double-crypt gravesites. Also included will be improvements to roads and landscaping.
The Doyle Cemetery has received more than $20 million in VA grants for development, expansion and improvements since its dedication in 1986.
VA’s State Cemetery Grants Program is designed to complement VA’s 123 national cemeteries across the country. VA state cemetery grants have helped establish, expand or improve 70 state veterans cemeteries in 35 states, Saipan and Guam, which provided more than 20,000 burials in fiscal year 2005. Since the program began in 1980, VA has awarded 151 grants totaling more than $262 million.
Information on VA burial benefits can be obtained from national cemetery offices, from the Internet at http://www.cem.va.gov or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at 1-800-827-1000.
Information about the New Jersey state veterans cemetery can be obtained from the New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs, if calling within the state, at 1-888-8NJ-VETS or from the Doyle Cemetery at (609) 758-7250. Information is also available online at www.state.nj.us/military/veterans.
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