West Virginia National Cemetery
- West Virginia National Cemetery
West Virginia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Grafton, in Taylor County, West Virginia. It encompasses convert|89.7|acre|m2, and as of the end of 2005, had 3,010 interments.
History
In 1975, with the decision not to expand Grafton National Cemetery, a committee was organized to petition the governor for the development of a new National Cemetery. A 58 acre tract of land which was the cemetery of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys was selected. It was dedicated on September 27, 1987, even though construction was not yet completed, and it opened for interments the following day.
Notable monuments
*The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys monument, a granite memorial erected in 1992 in memory of the residents of the Boys School who were interred in the cemetery between 1890 and 1939.
See also
*United States Department of Veterans Affairs
*United States National Cemetery
External links
* [http://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]
* [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/westvirginia.asp West Virginia National Cemetery]
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