Nov. 26 (UPI) --The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering environmentally friendly burial sections in three national cemeteries for U.S. military veterans. The "green burial sections" are ...

VA officials launched a new pilot program Tuesday allowing environmentally friendly burials at three department national cemeteries. (Ross D. Franklin/AP) Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The government has cleared the first burial of a same-sex spouse of a veteran in a national cemetery, but it’s far from certain how easy it will be for other gay military couples to ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has established updated burial allowance benefits for veterans who passed away due to service-connected conditions in 2025. These benefits are designed to ease ...

Families who choose to receive an urn or commemorative plaque on behalf of a deceased veteran forfeit the right to bury that veteran in a national cemetery under a new Department of Veterans Affairs ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is nearing its goal to provide 95% of veterans with burial options at national and grant-funded veterans cemeteries within a two-hour drive of their ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. (June 26, 2015) -- As a Legal Assistance Counsel I am often asked about burial and memorial benefits for veterans and retirees. This short article will give you a quick ...

The redesign comes as the project just picked up a $10 million federal grant to help push the project over the finish line.

Veterans Memorial Reef in Wilmington, North Carolina has developed a special program to honor veterans and help the ...

DUBLIN, Va. – The Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery has won an award for how well they keep up their cemetery. “It is the operational excellence award, and it is a very prestigious award so we are ...