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Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials - Flags adorn the graves of American soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1-3, 1863 between the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The soldiers are buried in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

*Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials (Statutory)

Purpose

To advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the administration of VA national cemeteries, Soldiers’ lots and plots, the selection of cemetery sites, the erection of appropriate memorials and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits.

Committee Manager

Faith Hopkins
Email: faith.hopkins@va.gov
Phone: (202) 603-4499
Please visit the committee website for additional information.

Documents

Committee images

Advisory committee members
Advisory committee members
Advisory committee members
Group photo of 15 members of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials with VA staff, standing outdoors on a brick walkway at a national cemetery. Behind them are grave markers, trees, and three flagpoles displaying the U.S., POW/MIA, and a red flag. The sky is partly cloudy.
Eight members of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials stand on a circular concrete platform in front of a flagpole at a national cemetery. The group is outdoors with desert trees and a low tan wall in the background under a mostly cloudy sky.

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