March 29, 2016
NMDVS to Host Ft. Stanton Cemetery Town Hall Meeting
TOMMOROW (Wednesday, March 30) (3pm)
Ft. Stanton Historic Site Cafeteria
(117 Black Jack Pershing Rd.)
(FT. STANTON, NM)- New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services Secretary Jack Fox and State Cemetery Program Director Tom Wagner will join other state officials tomorrow to host a 3p.m. town hall meeting at the Ft. Stanton Historic Site Cafeteria to give an update on the progress of the new Fort Stanton State Veterans Cemetery.
Governor Susana Martinez has worked to secure state and federal funds to build rural veterans cemeteries in New Mexico. New Mexico's veteran population is currently served by Fort Bayard and Santa Fe National Cemeteries, as well as Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas. More than 170,000 veterans live in New Mexico, and more than half of them live in rural areas that are simply too far from the national cemeteries in Santa Fe or Fort Bayard.
The new cemetery in Fort Stanton will include 650-gravesites, a main entrance, roads, administration complex, and maintenance facility, a Columbarium with niches for 480 urns, all landscaping, and other supporting infrastructure. This location will be readily accessible to more than 52,000 veterans and eligible family members. Those living in communities like Alamogordo, Roswell, Capitan, and Carrizozo will all be within 75 miles of this location.
When: 3 p.m. Tomorrow (Wednesday, March 30)
Where: Fort Stanton Historic Site Cafeteria
117 Black Jack Pershing Rd.
Fort Stanton, NM 88323
Respectfully,
Ray Seva
Public Information Officer,
New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services
(505) 362-6089 mobile
www.dvs.state.nm.us<http://
New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services
Office of the Secretary
406 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501
ATTN: Ray Seva/Public Information Officer
(505) 827-6352 office
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