RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the purchase of six acres of land in the town of Cassian in Oneida county to establish a new rural national cemetery, also referred to as a National Veterans Burial Ground.
The VA purchased the land from the town of Cassian for $24,000. The new facility west of Rhinelander will serve approximately 25,000 veterans from the area. It will include burial and cremation sites, a memorial wall, flagpoles, a memorial walkway, roads and other infrastructure.
VA spokesperson Michael Nacinsic says the facility will benefit honorably discharged veterans and their families at no charge. “This new facility in the Rhinelander area will allow VA to bring burial benefits to these veterans and their dependent children who have earned them through their service in our Armed Forces.”
Nacinsic said no timetable has been set to open the cemetery.
There are three open VA funded state Veterans cemeteries in Wisconsin located in Union Grove, King, and Spooner. The VA operates 131 national cemeteries.
by Ken Krall, WXPR
