The Veterans Services Office is responsible for administering or coordinating all financial, logistical, medical and administrative support for the Town's over 3,000 veterans and their families. N.B. the one day need not have been actually served in a war zone. Duty in the Reserves or National Guard does NOT count. This aid is paid by check directly to the recipient and must be repaid if circumstances permit.
Honor guards are also available.
Financial aid is available for indigent veterans' burial if there is no source of family or other funds to pay for burial. Some of these funds are reimbursed to the Town from the Commonwealth. Information and assistance is readily available for every Federal veterans benefit. SEA - eligible Navy and Coast Guard veterans can be buried at sea. Veterans of other services can sometimes be so buried also.