The Middletown State Veterans Cemetery (MSVC) is reaching capacity and will be full in just over three years. This means eligible Connecticut veterans who want to be buried in a state or national veterans cemetery, may be shipped out-of-state.
However, three GWOT veterans have formed a grassroots group to combat this growing issue, advocating for the expansion and salvation of the Middletown State Veterans Cemetery (MSVC).
In the span of a week, the Save Our Cemetery (SOC) Committee has written a draft resolution for state veterans organizations to consider adopting, developed a website, and started an email list.
WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW TO HELP:
1. Educate yourself on the issue. The SOC website has lots of resources including transcripts and media coverage.
2. Reach out to decision makers in the veteran community.
3. Encourage interested people to visit the website and sign up for the email list.
4. Share the website on your social media CTVets.us.
5. Be prepared to write some emails to your state legislator.
Expanding the current Middletown State Veterans Cemetery may take several years. It may already be too late to prevent a multi-year gap where there is no open state veteran’s cemetery (like in 1980). However, with your support, Connecticut will overcome this growing issue and continue our proud tradition of memorializing our eligible veterans in an outstanding state veteran’s cemetery.
Yours in service,
Charlie Pickett
Save Our Cemetery Committee
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