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Article: Veterans Affairs to Build National Cemetery in Seattle Area
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 29, 1995
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $7.9 million contract to
Aldrich & Associates Inc. of Bothell, Wash., to construct a new
national cemetery near the town of Maple Valley, some 25 miles
south of downtown Seattle.
The first phase of the project calls for the preparation
of 6,553 sites for casketed burials, 2,981 lawn crypts, 1,620 garden
niches and 2,400 columbarium niches for cremated remains. The
plan also includes construction of roadways, administrative and
maintenance facilities, an assembly area and an entrance gate.
The 160-acre parcel near Maple Valley in King County is along
S.E. 240th St., adjacent to Tahoma High School. VA ...