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LENISE LIGON IS ON ASSIGNMENT.
IT'S A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE
STATE OF ALABAMA.
THIS MORNING, THE "ALABAMA STATE
VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY AT
SPANISH FORT" WAS DEDICATED IN
FRONT OF A HUGE CROWD.
ALABAMA VETERANS AND THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS WILL NOW HAVE THE
OPTION OF
BEING LAID TO REST ON ALABAMA
SOIL. FOX TEN'S HAL SCHEURICH
SPENT
THE MORNING AT THE SERVICE
TALKING TO SOME OF OUR VETERAN
HEROES.
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It just doesn't get any better
than this for Alabama's
veterans.
After decades of dreaming and
more than three years of
planning and building, the
Alabama
State Veterans Memorial Cemetery
at Spanish Fort is now a
reality.
Veterans of all ages attended
the ceremony and all had the
same thoughts. "It's good
because a lot of men really
don't have anywhere to go.
We need it. I'm really
grateful for the effort we had
to get it
here." "It's a great day for our
state to have this to come to
our state." "It's specialvery
special
because so many fellows don't
have nowhere to be buried." It
has taken quite a team effort to
bring this
project to completion. It
started with a dream of John
Tyson Senior many
years ago. Spanish Fort's Dr.
Barry Booth took the ball and
ran with it, getting the state
legislative delegation behind
the
project and making his family's
land available for the cemetery.
As proud a day as it must have
been for him, his heart and
thoughts were still focused on
the
veterans of our state. "It's not
the end because there will be
continuing support, but all of
the community looks forward to
that also.
This is just another page, but
it's the continuing support of
the cemetery and what it means
to the
veterans community and to their
families." And, for community
leaders like County Commissioner
Frank Burke, the events of the
day left him at a loss for
words.
"I can't express it. I really
can't express how overjoyed I am
and
thankful that we were able to
get this job done." "Just in
phase one, this veterans
memorial cemetery will be able
to accommodate twenty seven
hundred in-ground burial sites
and that
should last for ten years. As
new phases are brought in, this
cemetery
will continue to serve our
country's heroes and their
families for the next one
hundred years.
Reporting from Spanish FortHal
Scheurich Fox Ten News.
THE CEMETERY WILL OFFICIALLY
OPEN IN JANUARY WITH BURIALS
EXPECTED
TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS MARCH. WHEN
AT CAPACITY, THE CEMETERY WILL
HOLD NINETY THOUSAND GRAVE
