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Va. woman hadn't seen mother's grave in decades, volunteers made it possible Prev Next Since 2020, the restoration of Woodland has been under the leadership of the foundation which took over with ...
If the cemetery does not allow a second marker, the VA has created a Veteran Service Medallion that can be epoxied to the vertical family grave marker. The VA form to order the Medallion is 40-1330M.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Imagine if you went to a loved one’s gravesite and the grave marker was moved, and possibly the body too. That happened to a local man, and now the cemetery cannot ...
Sen. Steve Daines is objecting to a federal directive that prohibits medallions on government-issued markers in VA cemeteries, calling it a misguided policy that does “nothing but cause more ...
Grave marker, medallion forms available online, at area funeral homes. ... "The form you fill out is VA [Form] 40-1330," said Ed Winn of Green Country Funeral Home. Advertisement.
The family reported the crime to the VA police. The Sweat family from Leavenworth remembers June 2019 with grief. That’s when James and Jimmie lost a baby after miscarrying at birth.
But it was not until 2024, more than 143 years after Hamilton’s death, that the veteran was commemorated with a marker recognizing his Medal of Honor at his gravesite in Camden, N.J.
The Veterans Administration (VA) is denying a formal request for a marker to honor Samuel Neale, who was likely enslaved while serving as a fully armed soldier in the defenses of Washington and ...
An acre of land owned by the city of Richmond contains potentially hundreds of unmarked graves, some of which could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War, according to a study ...
A grave marker honoring Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War stands on city owned property in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Olivia Diaz) RICHMOND, Va. ...