Английская Википедия:Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery

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The Service Center at the Birdeye location

The Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery is a system of two veterans cemeteries owned and operated by the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs.[1] One location is in North Little Rock Шаблон:Nowrap and the other is located in Birdeye Шаблон:Nowrap. As of August 2017, there have been approximately 8,300 interments.[1]

History

North Little Rock

In 1997, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 235,[2] which gave the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs the authority to establish a system of State Operated Veterans Cemeteries. The first to be established is located in North Little Rock which was dedicated on 11 November 2001.[3]

Birdeye

The land for the Veterans Cemetery at Birdeye was purchased in 2008, and the cemetery finished construction in 2010. It received its first interment in February 2012.[4] On August 10, 2018, it received an award from the Department of Veterans Affairs.[5]

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