Artesia News: US to provide funding for vets cemetery in Lincoln County

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal government will provide $5.7 million to pay for building a veterans cemetery near Fort Stanton in south-central New Mexico’s Lincoln County.

Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich on Monday announced the funding being provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The senators said ground-breaking for the project is expected to take place Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

New Mexico currently has two cemeteries for veterans— one in Santa Fe in northern New Mexico and one at Fort Bayard near Silver City in southwestern New Mexico.

A new cemetery is also set to open in Gallup in northwestern New Mexico next year.