Sen. Jeff Gordon Discusses the State Veterans Cemetery Being Nearly Full on NBC 30
December 4, 2024
With State Veterans Cemetery nearly full, there are urgent calls for expansion
NBC Connecticut
There is growing concern about the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.
It’s expected to run out of space in the coming years and now there’s an urgent search for how to expand it.
Now there are calls from the State Capitol to find a long-term solution.
Senator Jeff Gordon (R-Woodstock) is on the legislature’s Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
“We can’t wait. We still have veterans, unfortunately, who pass away. And we have the cemetery for them, and rightly so. So this is somewhat of an urgency now,” Gordon said.
The senator recently sent a letter to the Veterans Affairs commissioner for an update on the process.
We reached out to the department for an interview, but we were told no one was available on Wednesday.