Robert Harding, The Citizen
The New York state flag flies near one section of the Sampson
Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Seneca County.
New York s first state veterans cemetery will be in Seneca County.
A nine-member selection committee voted Monday to designate Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery as a state veterans cemetery. The vote was unanimous in support of the site in the town of Romulus.Â
The state Division of Veterans Services recommended Sampson to the committee after receiving 11 responses to a request for information that was issued in February. The agency examined each of the proposed sites and released a report that endorsed Sampson to be the first state veterans cemetery.Â