U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Tuesday announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration has awarded a grant of up to $6,132,225 to the state to help improve and maintain East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 in Hilo.

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The grant will fund the “raising and realignment” of 4,495 grave markers, 5.5 acres of grading, soil and turf rehabilitation, and the installation of burial section markers and flower-watering stations throughout the cemetery.

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The cemetery serves more than 11,000 veterans and their family members.

“Thousands of brave service members from Hawaii put their lives on the line to serve our country. This federal funding will help us improve and maintain Veterans Cemetery No. 2 in Hilo so we can continue to honor their legacies,” said Schatz, a senior member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, in a press release.

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