National Cemetery Web Pages http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp.htm Checked article for contact information. The article gives the information below. For information about the project or to volunteer, contact historian Darlene Richardson at 202-565-5426 or email [email protected] [email protected] On Tue, 25 May 2004 11:57:15 -0500 "Gail Brown" <[email protected]> writes: >I tried the email address you gave and it didn't go through. Do you >know if >there is any cemeteries in Etowah Co. AL that might need some pictures >made >of some of the veterans. Let me know and i will see if the Northeast >Alabama >Genealogical Society can help in this area. >Gail Brown >[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:16 AM >Subject: [Alabama] VA Cemetery Memorials Inventory > > >> Volunteers needed to inventory VA cemetery memorials >> >> The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is >> seeking volunteers to research and photograph >> monuments in its 120 national cemeteries and >> 33 soldiers' lots under VA jurisdiction. In May, >> 2002, it was estimated that 300 memorials >> would be found. To date, nearly 800 memorials >> have been identified, with approximately 300 >> more in 20 states still to be documented. >> >> The VA provides instructions, survey questionnaires >> and film. Volunteers take measurements and >> photographs, record inscriptions, make notes >> about the monument's condition and conduct >> historical research. >> >> For information about the project or to volunteer, >> contact historian Darlene Richardson at >> 202-565-5426 or email [email protected] >> Projection information will be made available >> through the Smithsonian Institution's art inventory >> database. >> >> source: Reunions magazine, June/July 2004, page 59 >> >> (perhaps your cemetery research holds some >> of the information they are collecting) ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!