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TO ALL VETERANS,
YOU ARE BEING TARGETED BY 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 SWITCH
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 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 SWITCH
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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