V.A. buys a cemetary - can hold 7000 bodies

[donsu]

http://www.military.com/veterans-report/va-awards-contract-for-rock-island-cemetery?ESRC=vr.nl


VA Awards Contract for Rock Island Cemetery


The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a construction contract for more than $10 million to a Chicago contractor to expand the Rock Island, Ill., National Cemetery, which will provide more than 7,000 gravesites, including casket gravesites, pre-placed crypts and a columbarium for cremation remains. VA expects construction to be completed by late 2008. For information on the Rock Island National Cemetery, call the cemetery office at [phone]. 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.

To learn about military memorial benefits, visit the Military.com Benefits Channel.
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sigh

[paparush]

1. Can anyone say..."IRAN"

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Staying in Iraq long enough can fill this one up

[flamin lib]

3. We're gonna' need a bigger cemetary . . . nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. I don't see anything sinister in this --

WW2 and Korea vets are dying off at around a thousand a day, from a pool of something like 16 million, for one thing.

For another, when has this administration PLANNED for the results of ANYTHING they do?

[China_cat]

5. I have to agree with this.

Under this administration you'd be more likely to see them digging up and destroying cemeteries than building them.