“New features within the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) platform give families of veterans additional ways to honor those interred in national cemeteries via commemorative online profiles. The new features are expected to be fully released by Memorial Day.”
“First launched in August 2019, VLM incorporates the digitization of 3.7 million veteran service records from the National Cemetery Administration and allows the families of veterans to directly access and incorporate moderated information about their relatives’ service, including service dates and military honors.”
“New features expected to be released by Memorial Day this year include:
- Ability for all users to upload additional content types including tributes, photographs, historical documents, service milestones, biographies and comments
- Display coordinates, maps and marker images using VA’s geospatial data repository
- Ability to follow a veteran profile and receive emailed updates when one is updated”
“VLM represents a priority among VA’s digital modernization program with NCA to create a new platform for memorializing America’s veterans. VLM allows veteran families to access commemorative profiles at any time, even if they were unable to visit their relatives’ resting place in person…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Expands Digital Veterans Legacy Memorial Features – By Adam Patterson, May 24, 2021. GovernmentCIO.
