Article Title: Cotton Fields to Hallowed Ground: North Alabama Veterans Cemetery on the Horizon
Article Excerpt: "Vannoy says this 150-acre parcel is a half-mile by half-mile - three times larger than the Veterans Cemetery in Spanish Fort and capable of holding 150,000 burial sites eventually, but starting out with 7,000. ...The plots are open to honorably-discharged veterans, their spouses, and dependents free of charge, including those in the National Guard.
A columbarium to entomb cremated remains will also be built, along with a scattering garden, and much more. ..."
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