Picture Connecticut: A Resting Place For Fallen Veterans

MIDDLETOWN, CT — This week, Picture Connecticut appropriately visits the Connecticut Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.

The State Veterans Cemetery is the largest state-operated veterans cemetery in Connecticut. It is under the administrative control of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and its Commissioner.

Burial in the State Veterans Cemetery is reserved for eligible veterans and their spouses. Grave markers are also provided.

It is located at 317 Bow Lane in Middletown and is open from 7:30 a.m. to sunset.

The cemetery was given a new look in 2019 via two critical projects to expand and improve the appearance of the cemetery.

The cemetery accommodates both burials and cremations. It also has an area dedicated to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which was delivered on Nov. 19, 1863 in what is now a national cemetery at the battlefield.

See more about the cemetery here.

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Picture Connecticut is a weekly Patch series featuring unique images of the state, past and present.

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• Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry
• The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
• Agent Orange Monument, Andover
• The Sunken Garden, Farmington
• Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
• The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
• Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester