Two programs at the National Cemetery Administration are leveraging digital services to honor and remember the legacies of interred veterans.
One of those is the Veterans Legacy Memorial — a remembrance platform that allows the public to pay tribute to veterans interred in the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries and VA grant-funded tribal, state, and territory Veteran cemeteries.
“[VLM is] a way for families to stay connected to that veteran. That veteran’s memory stays alive,” VA Memorial Affairs Undersecretary Matthew Quinn told GovCIO Media & Research Saturday during the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) National Convention in Orlando. “I’ve gone out and just written, ‘Dad, thinking about you,’ or my brother, ‘Pat, thinking about you.’ It’s heartwarming to us as family members, but to other family members that said, ‘hey, they thought about my loved one.’” … Read the full article here.
