City of Spanish Fort Article
The City of Spanish Fort has an article about us too! Click here to read it.
Alabama State Veterans Website
Click here to go to the official Alabama State Veterans Affairs website’s write up about the Spanish Fort Veteran’s Cemetery.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
South Alabama has the privilege and honor to be the location of the first state Veterans cemetery in Alabama located on highway 225 in Baldwin County, just north of Spanish Fort. Construction is well under way and the first interments should begin later in 2013. Initially the facility will be operated under the direction of…
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First Veteran
Alabama’s first veteran to have the Alabama State Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort as their final resting place was laid to rest Friday morning, April 19. Leo Carpenter, 81, joined the Navy just a few days out of high school and later served with the Army National Guard.
Memorial Day Opening Ceremony
SPANISH FORT, Alabama – A new rural burial ground for veterans in South Alabama and elsewhere served as the solemn yet scenic backdrop for a Memorial Day ceremony that recognized fallen U.S. soldiers. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley spoke before a crowd of veterans and other onlookers at the new 22-acre Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery…
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