Honoring Veterans: Memorial Day Efforts Across the US
The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its Veterans Legacy Memorial project to include former service members interred at 27 cemeteries managed by the Air Force, Navy and Army, including Arlington National Cemetery. The expansion adds more than 300,000 veterans to the online memorial, which now contains landing pages for roughly 4.8 million veterans. Each memorial page includes a veteran's dates of birth and death, dates or eras of military service, grave location and photo of grave, as available. The site is fully interactive, allowing family members, friends and colleagues to share photos, documents and memories.