Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery to expand – Goldsboro News-Argus

Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery to expand  Goldsboro News-Argus

The Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Goldsboro has been awarded more than $2.61 million in a federal grant to expand its cemetery. The Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, at 164 Long Plant Farm Road, will receive more than $2.61 in federal funding that will allow the cemetery to expand. Rows of headstones cover the fields at the Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, on Longs Plant Farm Road, in Goldsboro. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration announced it had awarded more than $4 million to expand two North Carolinian cemeteries, which are the Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, in Goldsboro, and Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, in Black Mountain, said Steve Piork, from the U.S.

Department of Veteran Affairs public relations office. Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery was awarded more than $2.61 million, and Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery was awarded more than $1.45 million, Piork said. Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, at 164 Longs Plant Farm Road, serves more than 300,000 veterans and their eligible family members in the region. The $2.61 million grant will fund the construction of 1,886 preplaced crypts, hardscape, landscape and supporting infrastructure, Piork said. Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, at 962 Old U.S. 70 in Black Mountain, serves more than 230,000 veterans and their eligible family members in the region. The $1.45