退伍军人事务部2026财年拨出创纪录1.065亿美元公墓补助：21家公墓获资助
美国退伍军人事务部（VA）10月27日宣布，2026财年共向全美各州、领地与原住民部落的21家退伍军人公墓拨付创纪录的1.065亿美元补助，是退伍军人公墓补助计划1980年设立以来单年拨款最高的一年。（GSM 据退伍军人事务部新闻稿报道）
这批补助通常用于新建退伍军人公墓、扩建现有公墓、维持安葬所需的改善工程以及运营维护项目。本年度单项金额较大的包括：阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔新建 Alabama Veterans Memorial Cemetery-North 获1809万美元，新墨西哥州 Carlsbad 新建州立退伍军人公墓获1671万美元，犹他州 Washington Terrace 新建 Northern Utah Veterans Cemetery 获1474万美元，佐治亚州 Augusta 新建 Georgia Memorial Veterans Cemetery 获1361万美元。
退伍军人事务部纪念事务次长 Sam Brown 表示，每一笔公墓补助都体现了对为国家服役者的纪念承诺，在特朗普总统领导下，VA 正加强与各州、领地和部落的合作，确保退伍军人及其家属能在本地获得他们应得的安葬福利。自1980年以来，该计划已向47个州、14个原住民部落和3个领地的120多家公墓拨款逾12亿美元；目前全美94%以上的退伍军人居住地75英里内有退伍军人公墓。
VA Awards Record-High $106.5 Million in Cemetery Grants in Fiscal Year 2026 to 21 Cemeteries
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on October 27 that in fiscal year 2026 it awarded a record-high $106.5 million in grants to 21 veterans cemeteries in U.S. states, territories and tribal nations, the most single-year funding since the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program began in 1980. (GSM, based on a VA press release)
The grants typically fund construction of new veterans cemeteries, expansion of existing ones, improvements needed to maintain interments, and operations and maintenance projects. Among the largest FY2026 awards are $18,094,445 to establish the Alabama Veterans Memorial Cemetery-North in Huntsville, $16,711,624 to establish the Carlsbad State Veterans Cemetery in New Mexico, $14,740,955 to establish the Northern Utah Veterans Cemetery in Washington Terrace, and $13,610,908 to establish the Georgia Memorial Veterans Cemetery at Augusta.
"Every VA cemetery grant reflects our commitment to honor the lives of those who served our nation," said Sam Brown, VA Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, adding that under President Trump's leadership VA is strengthening partnerships with states, territories and tribal nations to ensure veterans and their families have local access to the burial benefits they earned. Since 1980, VA has awarded more than $1.2 billion to more than 120 cemeteries in 47 states, 14 tribal nations and three territories, and more than 94% of veterans in the United States live within 75 miles of a veterans cemetery.
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图片来源：图：退伍军人公墓葬礼上吹奏《安息号》的军号手（资料图）。美国陆军官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: A bugler plays Taps at a veterans cemetery funeral (file photo). U.S. Army photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
