A grant of up to $931,500 for the expansion of southern wisconsin veterans memorial cemetery in union grove

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) awarded $931,500 to the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs on September 5, 2025, under the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (CFDA 64.203) to expand the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove. The project, scheduled for completion by September 30, 2028, will directly serve more than 420,000 veterans and their eligible family members. Funded improvements include expansion and enhancement of cortege assembly lanes, roadways, parking facilities, flag assembly areas, landscaping, and irrigation systems—infrastructure improvements designed to increase burial capacity and memorial services at the facility.

The Veterans Cemetery Grants Program provides federal funding to establish, expand, improve, and maintain veterans' cemeteries operated by states, territories, tribal governments, and counties in geographic areas where the national cemetery system cannot fully meet burial service demands. All funded projects must conform to VA standards and comply with domestic content requirements under the Build America, Buy America Act. Since its establishment in 1980, the program has distributed over $1.187 billion across 525 grants supporting 124 veterans' cemeteries nationwide.

The cemetery at union grove serves more than 420,000 veterans and their eligible family. The grant will fund the improvement of the cortege assembly lanes, roadways, parking, flag assembly area, landscaping, and irrigation.