WASHINGTON — Families who choose to receive an urn or commemorative plaque on behalf of a deceased veteran forfeit the right to bury that veteran in a national cemetery under a new Department of ...

Veterans would be able to retain their full Department of Veterans Affairs benefit to be buried at a national cemetery even if they previously chose to get a plaque or urn for their remains under a ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to start issuing urns and commemorative plaques to the families of deceased veterans this year, but the move has drawn criticism that it could block those ...

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., ...

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

Throughout time, man has valued the commemoration of a life's end to give closure to the survivors and to memorialize the departed. A traditional burial provides a permanent place for friends or ...

FITCHBURG — Fifty percent of people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery today are cremated, according to cemetery officials, and the new cremation garden that opened Thursday afternoon will accommodate the ...