New Iowa Veterans Cemetery is dedicated
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A new Iowa Veterans Cemetery located west of Des Moines on Interstate 80 has been dedicated.
Patrick Palmersheim is the executive director of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs. He says the cemetery will honor all men and woman who defended and restored freedom around the world.
The cemetery project has been awarded $7.6 million in federal funding. The land was donated.
Officials say up to 80,000 people could eventually be buried at the 100-acre site, which is next to the Van Meter Exit on Interstate 80.
The cemetery was dedicated on Thursday.
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