In May 2021, NCA implemented more interactive features for VLM including the ability for users to upload images and documents, and share military service timeline and achievements, biographical information, and more. The tribute allows visitors to voice memories and appreciation for a Veteran's service.

To schedule a burial, please call 80, option 1.Д®very Veteran interred in a VA National Cemetery is automatically memorialized with individual profile pages on the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) site after the cemetery updates the Veteran's interment record, usually within one or two days of interment.вЂЇIn May 2020, VLM was expanded to allow online visitors to leave comments or 'tributes' on a Veteran's page. The NCSO will continue to provide scheduling services for the duration of the current emergency. Families may contact the national cemetery directly to schedule a memorial service. Memorial services for Veterans and eligible family members who were interred without a committal service between March and June 2020 are now being scheduled and conducted. Funeral home directors are encouraged to contact military funeral honors providers to determine services and availability.ДЇamilies are not required to conduct a committal service.вЂЇThey may continue to choose direct interment and opt for a memorial service at a later date, when all restrictions have been lifted. Military funeral honors, customarily provided by the Department of Defense and volunteer honor guards, will be based on local availability. Wearing masks, practicing physical distancing, using hand sanitizer or washing hands, and staying home when ill are steps everyone can take to promote the health and safety of all employees and visitors. The CDC states the most effective protection from contracting COVID-19 is to be fully vaccinated. All employees and visitors, vaccinated or not, must wear masks in Federal buildings and indoor spaces if so directed.

In accordance with this guidance, signage will be posted at each public entrance at VA national cemeteries if face masks are required in the cemetery's indoor facilities. VA national cemeteries have adapted operational procedures throughout the pandemic to prevent the spread of coronavirus based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.Д®ffective immediately: The CDC issued new guidance requiring all individuals to wear a mask indoors in areas where the transmission rate is High or Substantial, regardless of vaccination status. All Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries remain open and continue to provide interment services for Veterans and eligible dependents during this health crisis.

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