Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and members of the state Commission on Veterans Affairs took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for an expansion at a veterans cemetery in Winfield.
The columbarium wall at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery was expanded to add another 1,280 niches to serve as a final resting place for veterans. The original wall has 800 niches.
The expansion will allow the Winfield cemetery to continue to offer the columbarium wall option for internments over the next decade or longer. Governor Kelly said with the expansion, “The light of all our veterans currently interred here will continue to shine for future generations. It is a sanctuary befitting of their service and sacrifice.”
State veterans cemeteries are located at Winfield, Fort Dodge, WaKeeney and Fort Riley.
[ photo: Kansas Office of the Governor ]
