Custom veteran monuments
A personal monument in granite, with service details carved alongside family history. Designed with you and built to cemetery and VA standards.
Veteran memorials
Honoring a life of service
Some debts cannot be repaid, only remembered well. We build veteran memorials with the precision their service deserves, and we handle the VA paperwork so your family does not have to.
What we provide
Every option, explained without pressure
Whether your family chooses a government marker, a custom monument, or both together, we make sure the details are right.
Free government headstone from the VA
Eligible veterans can get a government headstone or marker at no cost. (The VA, the federal veterans' office, calls these "VA-furnished.") We fill out the form for you (VA Form 40-1330), place the order, and coordinate delivery and setting.
Bronze plaques
Cast bronze markers and plaques, mounted on granite or set flush in the lawn, in the tradition of our national cemeteries.
Companion monuments
One monument honoring a veteran and spouse together, with service details given their own place beside a shared family inscription.
Service inscriptions
Rank, branch, unit, service dates, theaters, and honors, inscribed accurately and in proper form. We verify every detail against the records you provide.
Every branch
Service branches we honor
Official branch emblems are available for engraving in granite and casting in bronze. We reproduce them through licensed, approved sources. Exactly right, or not at all.
- United States Army
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Navy
- United States Air Force
- United States Space Force
- United States Coast Guard
The VA also offers more than 75 approved emblems of belief for government headstones and markers. If your veteran's faith should be represented, we will make sure it is.
VA eligibility
Who can get a free headstone from the VA
In general: veterans discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, service members who die on active duty, and many members of the National Guard and Reserves. Spouses and eligible dependents may also receive a government marker when buried in a national, state, or tribal veterans cemetery.
The VA furnishes one of the following, at no cost:
- An upright headstone in marble or granite
- A flat marker in granite, marble, or bronze
- A bronze niche marker for columbarium interment
- A bronze medallion that attaches to a headstone the family purchased privately
Eligibility rules have detail behind them, and no family should have to study federal regulations while grieving. Bring us the discharge papers (the main one is called a DD-214) if you have them, and we will confirm eligibility, fill out the VA's order form (VA Form 40-1330), place the order, and coordinate setting with your cemetery. We never charge for the paperwork.
Close to home
When a national cemetery is not the plan
Some veterans do not qualify for a national cemetery, and many families prefer the family plot in a local cemetery. A veteran can be honored properly in either place, and the official VA plaque can still be part of it. Read honoring a veteran close to home for the options, in plain order.
Service asked everything of them. Remembering well asks care of us.
Our promise to veteran families
Common questions
Veteran memorial questions, answered
Does a VA headstone really cost nothing?
The headstone or marker itself is furnished by the VA at no cost for eligible veterans, and we do not charge for preparing or filing the paperwork. In a private cemetery there may be a setting or foundation fee charged by the cemetery itself; we tell you exactly what that will be before anything is ordered.
Can a veteran have both a VA marker and a family monument?
Yes, in most private cemeteries. A common arrangement is a family monument with a bronze VA medallion attached, or a flat VA marker set near the family stone. Cemetery rules vary, so we confirm what your cemetery allows and lay out the options clearly before you decide.
What service details should be inscribed?
Most families include branch, rank, and service dates, along with honors such as the Purple Heart. Unit and theater of service can be added. Bring what you have: their discharge papers (the main one is called a DD-214 - it is the paper that proves their service), or even old photographs. No papers at all? Come anyway; we can help track the records down. We will verify the correct form and abbreviations.
Here when you are ready
We are honored to help
Bring the discharge papers (called a DD-214) if you have them. Bring questions if you do not. We will take care of the rest, quietly and correctly.