By CATHY SPAULDING | Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. | Published: January 23, 2021 MUSKOGEE, Okla. (Tribune News Service) Fort Gibson National Cemetery is adding 6,000 burial sites into six more acres, cemetery director Bill Rhoades said. The additions, on the southwest corner of the cemetery, include 3,000 pre-placed crypts and 3,000 sites for cremation urns, he said. He said the additional sites should take us to the mid 2030s 2036 to 2037 to fill. The additional sites could be finished by summer. However, Rhoades said he doesn t expect to start using them until 2022. The project also includes road improvements. General contractor is RKE Contractors out of Dexter, Missouri. Fort Gibson National Cemetery expanded from 32 to 48 acres in 2008. The 2008 expansion featured a couple thousand more grave sites and a columbarium.