Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery Steering Committee to Discuss Ongoing Local Efforts

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 | 02:22am

NASHVILLE – The Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery Steering Committee will meet on Friday, December 13 at 10:00 a.m. (EST) at American Legion Post 207 on 158 Spring Street in Spencer in Van Buren County to discuss ongoing efforts to review potential sites, raise local awareness about the proposed Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery and raise local funding as well as donations for land acquisition.

Federal funding is used to design and construct state Veteran cemeteries, but only state and local funding can be used for land acquisition.  The proposed Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery would serve more than 25,000 Veterans in Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren and White Counties.

WHO:              Upper Cumberland State Veterans Cemetery Steering Committee

WHAT:           Meeting to discuss ongoing local efforts to review potential sites, raise awareness and local donations as well as funding

WHEN:           Friday, December 13 at 10:00 a.m. (EST)  

WHERE:         American Legion Post 207, 158 Spring Street, Spencer

For more information on future state Veterans cemeteries visit http://www.tn.gov/veteran/futurecemeteries.shtml.

For information on the Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs visit www.tn.gov/veteran, facebook/myTDVA or twitter @TNDVA.

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