County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington National Cemetery

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County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington National Cemetery
By Matthew Barakat, AP
Apr 10, 03:27 PM
A visitor walks among headstones in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 11, 2021, in Arlington, Va. Section 60 is where the men and women who died in America's most recent wars, especially Iraq and Afghanistan, are buried.
FILE - A visitor walks among headstones in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 11, 2021, in Arlington, Va. Section 60 is where the men and women who died in America's most recent wars, especially Iraq and Afghanistan, are buried. (Patrick Semansky/AP, File)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to $21 million to compensate a Virginia county for a parcel of land taken to expand Arlington National Cemetery.

The cemetery expansion project is expected to add 50,000 to 60,000 burial spaces and extend its ability to accommodate new burials by 19 years — until 2060, under the current eligibility requirements. Work on the expansion has already begun and will not be halted no matter what the judge decides at the trial’s conclusion.

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