Brandon Miller
Public Information Manager
SPANISH FORT, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) is celebrating the Phase II expansion of the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort with a groundbreaking on Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. at the committal shelter.
This is the first of nine planned cemetery expansions that will serve Alabama veterans for a total of 100 years. It will add 2,762 pre-placed vault sites (casket sites), 960 Columbarium niches (above-ground um sites), and a memorial wall that will include 100 sites—and updates to roadways, storm drainage, irrigation, and other expansion infrastructure. Expansion completion will be in early 2024.
WHAT: Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort Phase II Groundbreaking
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2022, 11 a.m.
WHERE: Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort, 34904 Alabama Highway 225, Spanish Fort, AL 36527
