Support Group Will Hold Veterans Day Service
Sent in by the: Veterans News and Information Service
OLYMPIA - The Tahoma National Cemetery Support Group will host the
second Veterans Day Service beginning on November 11, at 10:30 a.m.,
at the VA's Tahoma National Cemetery located near Maple Valley.
Capt. Kim S. Buike, Commanding Officer of the Everett Naval Station
will be the guest speaker. The ceremony will commemorate the 25th
anniversary of the National Cemetery System.
In 1973, Congress transferred 82 national cemeteries from the Department
of the Army to the Federal Veterans Administration. Today, over 130 years
after the first national cemeteries were established, more than two million
Americans, including veterans of every war and conflict - from the
Revolutionary
War to the Persian Gulf - have been buried in these cemeteries nationwide.
The Tahoma National Cemetery is located 18600 S.E. 240th in Kent. It is
one of 115 national cemeteries operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs and provides burial space for some 90,000 veterans and eligible family
members. By the year 2000, the National Cemetery System will operate 119
cemeteries devoted to providing a final resting place for the nation's
veterans.
