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Calverton National Cemetery plans $32M expansion
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Since Calverton National Cemetery opened in 1978, more than 214,000 veterans and their relatives have been interred at the cemetery, including more than 6,600 in 2008.
Calverton National Cemetery will expand its developed acreage, preparing enough grave-site land for an additional decade of burials, officials said Monday.
Rep. Tim Bishop, who announced U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs funding for the $32-million project, said veterans would join him for the groundbreaking Monday.
The cemetery had more than 6,600 interments in 2008 with more than...
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