COVID-19 FEMA FUNERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20.
The program is extensive and includes expenses for transfer of remains, a casket or urn, a burial plot or cremation niche, a marker or headstone, clergy or officiant services, arrangement of a funeral ceremony, use of funeral home equipment or staff, cremation or interment costs and costs associated with producing multiple death certificates. Some of these expenses are also available through the VA Burial Benefits program.
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This is a very extensive program that includes all members of the public in addition to veterans. Visit FEMA.gov/funeral-assistance/faq or call 1-844-684-6333 for more information and how to apply.
MILITARY BASE (POSTS) RENAMING STUDY COMMENCES
A commission tasked with renaming the following military facilities will commence its work this summer with visits to Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon, Georgia; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; and four locations in Virginia, including Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Belvoir, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett. These military facilities were named after Confederate war leaders.
According to historical information, soon after the end of the Civil War, the naming of these facilities was a compromise in the U.S. Congress over the issue to allow the reunited nation to build military facilities in the South. The South part of the United States has better all year long weather so training could be accomplished more efficiently.
