
HB05117 (P) AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND A CONNECTICUT VETERANS CEMETERY. Less REP. CARPINO, 32ND DIST.REP. BUMGARDNER, 41ST DIST. HARTFORD, Conn. (Jan. 13, 2025) — A bill requiring the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs to acquire land for a veterans cemetery has been proposed for the 2025 session. House proposed bill No.…

NEW HAVEN, CONN. (Dec. 19, 2024)—One of the newest American Legion posts in Connecticut is the first to adopt a resolution urging state lawmakers to save the state veterans cemetery in Middletown from closing. The American Legion New Haven Post 210 adopted the “Expand the Middletown State Veterans Cemetery (MSVC)” resolution, calling for the governor…

SOC NOTE (Dec. 26, 2024): These two parcels of land, designated by state law to establish a veterans’s cemetery in Middletown, are not part of the current Middletown State Veterans Cemetery. However, referencing the Middletown GIS FEMA overlay, both parcels have a number of challenges from flooding, seasonal road access, and a rail-right-of-of way bisecting…