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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

We all know that contemplating the hereafter or planning for the inevitable can be a pretty uncomfortable undertaking. For veterans, however, half the work is already done. We all know there are ...

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 ...

The trucking company E.W. Wylie is part of the “Honor Fleet” that transports millions of wreaths to cemeteries across the ...

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 ...

Volunteers help prepare 15,000 wreaths for Saturday's ceremony honoring veterans at Albert G. Horton Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk.

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 ...