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TO ALL VETERANS,
YOU ARE BEING TARGETED BY DIFFERENT CEMETERY ADVERTISEMENTS AND CALL SOLICITATIONS.
CERTAIN CEMETERIES, IN OUR AREA, ARE ADVERTISING THEY ARE A "VETERAN CEMETERY".
THE TERM VETERAN CEMETERY IS MISLEADING. THESE CEMETERIES ARE USING WHAT IS CALLED THE
BAIT AND HOOK TACTIC. FIRST THEY ARE OFFERING ONE FREE GRAVE FOR A VETERAN, WHICH IS THE
ONLY TRUE STATEMENT OF THE SALES PITCH. FOR PURCHASING YOUR SPOUSE'S GRAVE PLOT, BURIAL
VAULTS, GRAVE MARKER PLACEMENT, AND LETTERING OF MARKERS, THE CEMETERIES ARE GROSSLY
OVERCHARGING FOR THESE GOODS.
AS A SERVICE TO VETERANS, WE FEEL THAT IS OUR DUTY TO REPORT THE TRUE FACTS.
ALL CEMETERIES ARE VETERAN CEMETERIES. THERE IS NOT ONE CEMETERY IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT DOES NOT HAVE A VETERAN BURIED ON ITS GROUNDS. MANY CEMETERIES HAVE SECTION SET
ASIDE FOR JUST VETERANS.
THERE IS A SPECIAL DISTINCTION GIVEN TO CEMETERIES THAT ARE JUST FOR VETERANS.
THIS TYPE OF CEMETERY IS CALL A NATIONAL CEMETERY.
THERE ARE 122 NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, THERE ARE ONLY THREE THAT ARE HONORED BY THIS TITLE.
THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
R. R. #2, P. O. Box 484
Annville, PA 17003-9618
(717) 865-5254
This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains.
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies
1158 Morgan Road
Bridgeville, PA 15017
(724) 746-4363
This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains.
Philadelphia National Cemetery
Haines Street and Limekiln Pike
Philadelphia, PA 19138
For information please contact: Beverly National Cemetery (609) 877-5460
This cemetery has space available for cremated remains. We may be able to accommodate casketed
remains in the same gravesite of previously interred family members.
INSTEAD OF OUR SITE LISTING YOUR VETERAN BENEFITS WE HAVE LINKED TO THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS WEB SITE. Please click on the photo below.
YOU ARE BEING TARGETED BY DIFFERENT CEMETERY ADVERTISEMENTS AND CALL SOLICITATIONS.
CERTAIN CEMETERIES, IN OUR AREA, ARE ADVERTISING THEY ARE A "VETERAN CEMETERY".
THE TERM VETERAN CEMETERY IS MISLEADING. THESE CEMETERIES ARE USING WHAT IS CALLED THE
BAIT AND HOOK TACTIC. FIRST THEY ARE OFFERING ONE FREE GRAVE FOR A VETERAN, WHICH IS THE
ONLY TRUE STATEMENT OF THE SALES PITCH. FOR PURCHASING YOUR SPOUSE'S GRAVE PLOT, BURIAL
VAULTS, GRAVE MARKER PLACEMENT, AND LETTERING OF MARKERS, THE CEMETERIES ARE GROSSLY
OVERCHARGING FOR THESE GOODS.
AS A SERVICE TO VETERANS, WE FEEL THAT IS OUR DUTY TO REPORT THE TRUE FACTS.
ALL CEMETERIES ARE VETERAN CEMETERIES. THERE IS NOT ONE CEMETERY IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT DOES NOT HAVE A VETERAN BURIED ON ITS GROUNDS. MANY CEMETERIES HAVE SECTION SET
ASIDE FOR JUST VETERANS.
THERE IS A SPECIAL DISTINCTION GIVEN TO CEMETERIES THAT ARE JUST FOR VETERANS.
THIS TYPE OF CEMETERY IS CALL A NATIONAL CEMETERY.
THERE ARE 122 NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, THERE ARE ONLY THREE THAT ARE HONORED BY THIS TITLE.
THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
R. R. #2, P. O. Box 484
Annville, PA 17003-9618
(717) 865-5254
This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains.
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies
1158 Morgan Road
Bridgeville, PA 15017
(724) 746-4363
This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains.
Philadelphia National Cemetery
Haines Street and Limekiln Pike
Philadelphia, PA 19138
For information please contact: Beverly National Cemetery (609) 877-5460
This cemetery has space available for cremated remains. We may be able to accommodate casketed
remains in the same gravesite of previously interred family members.
INSTEAD OF OUR SITE LISTING YOUR VETERAN BENEFITS WE HAVE LINKED TO THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS WEB SITE. Please click on the photo below.
if you feel you have been take advantage of by a cemetery or call solicitor ,
please contact the following agencies.
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
14th Floor Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-787-9707
Fax: 717-787-1190
Online Consumer Complaint Form
www.attorneygeneral.gov
State Board of Funeral Directors
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
Complaints Office
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649
Toll free Complaints Hotline: 1-800-822-2113
www.dos.state.pa.us
please contact the following agencies.
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
14th Floor Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-787-9707
Fax: 717-787-1190
Online Consumer Complaint Form
www.attorneygeneral.gov
State Board of Funeral Directors
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
Complaints Office
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649
Toll free Complaints Hotline: 1-800-822-2113
www.dos.state.pa.us
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