• The new 313-acre South Florida VA National Cemetery will serve veterans’
needs for the next 50 years. The cemetery is located in Palm Beach County in
Lake Worth on U.S. 441 just south of Lantana Road and north of Boynton Beach
Blvd. Miller Legg and Associates, Inc., of Pembroke Pines, Fla., was selected
to prepare the master plan and design development documents for the project.
• Burials at South Florida VA National Cemetery are planned to begin in the
spring of 2007. Toaccomplish this goal, VA awarded a contract for construction
of Phase 1A early turn over area of the project in
June 2006. This first increment of development includes
approximately four years worth of burial facilities plus temporary
administration and maintenance buildings.
• VA awarded a contract to prepare construction documents for Phase 1B of
the project in May 2006. Once the construction documents are complete, VA will
award a contract forconstruction of Phase 1B in the spring of 2007. The
contract would be completed in late 2008. It will replace the temporary
buildings of Phase 1A with permanent buildings and add an additional six years
worth of burial facilities.
• VA prepared an Environmental Assessment for the South Florida VA National
Cemetery site in December 2001. In August 2002, the Department of Veterans
Affairs purchased the site from private citizens.
• This new cemetery to serve veterans in the south Florida area is the
fifth national cemetery in
Florida. Florida’s other four national cemeteries are: Barrancas, St.
Augustine, Florida, and Bay Pines.
• Contact the cemetery staff at (561) 649-6489 for additional information
about burial and eligibility.
• More information about VA’s National Cemetery Administration is available
on its website, www.cem.va.gov.