by WKRG Staff/The Associated Press
Published: Thu, May 14, 2009 - 3:57 pm CST
Last Updated: Thu, May 14, 2009 - 4:07 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature has approved abill to allow construction of a veterans' cemetery in Spanish Fort.
The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to give the bill final
approval and sent it to the governor. The legislation by Republican
Rep. Randy Davis of Daphne would authorize the state Department of
Veterans' Affairs to open a state-run cemetery across from Historic
Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort.
The cemetery will serve the some 71,000 Veterans in the area over the next 20 years.
"I salute the Alabama Legislature for upholding President Lincoln's promise to care for “…him, who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan,'" said Clyde Marsh, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs.
The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs has a veterans cemetery
in Mobile, but it has been closed to all but family members of
veterans since the 1960s.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
What Does Another Round Of Proration Mean For My Child?
Email to a Friend 
Printer Friendly 
Recently Commented On
Deadly Ship Explosion
Baldwin School Closing A Possibility?
Gulf Coast Classic Attendance:…
Katrina Ruling Could Bring New…
Fairhope Man Pleads Guilty To…