LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced an allocation of $250,000 for the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery. The 82-acre cemetery is located in North Little Rock and serves as a place of internment for veterans who have been honorably discharged from military service. The announcement comes in advance of the Saturday’s Wreaths of Honor Ceremony at the Arkansas State Cemetery in North Little Rock.
“The Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery plays a vital role in continuing the memory of our veterans while also supporting the family and friends of our nation’s heroes,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “It is my hope that this allocation will honor those who have made sacrifices for our state, our nation and our freedom.”
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs will host the Wreaths of Honor Ceremony at the Arkansas State Cemetery on Maryland Avenue in North Little Rock, Saturday, November 19 at 10:00am. After the ceremony, the public is invited to join in placing wreaths on each Veteran’s headstone throughout the Cemetery.
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs oversees the cemetery as part of its mission to serve Arkansas veterans through advocacy, education, access to state and federal benefits, high-quality long-term nursing care and burial honors.
“It’s good work like this allocation, along with grants and volunteers that keep our cemeteries in top shape. Currently our cemetery at North Little Rock is undergoing an expansion. This funding will support that effort which is for the betterment of our veterans and their families in their final resting places as well as those who visit them at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery at North Little Rock,” said Nate Todd, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs. “I am grateful for Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s unwavering support of veterans in the state of Arkansas.”
For more information on the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery, visit their website or go to their Facebook page for details on the Wreaths of Honor event.
About Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
Leslie Carol Rutledge is the 56th Attorney General of Arkansas. Elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn in on January 13, 2015, she is the first woman and first Republican in Arkansas history to be elected as Attorney General. She was resoundingly re-elected on November 6, 2018. Since taking office, she has significantly increased the number of arrests and convictions against online predators who exploit children and con artists who steal taxpayer money through Social Security Disability and Medicaid fraud. Further, she has held Rutledge Roundtable meetings and Mobile Office hours in every county of the State each year, and launched a Military and Veterans Initiative. She has led efforts to roll back government regulations that hurt job creators, fight the opioid epidemic, teach internet safety, combat domestic violence and make the office the top law firm for Arkansans. Rutledge serves on committees for Consumer Protection, Criminal Law and Veterans Affairs for the National Association of Attorneys General. She also served as the former Chairwoman of the Republican Attorneys General Association.
A native of Batesville, she is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Rutledge clerked for the Arkansas Court of Appeals, was Deputy Counsel for former Governor Mike Huckabee, served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Lonoke County and was an Attorney at the Department of Human Services before serving as Counsel at the Republican National Committee. Rutledge and her husband, Boyce, have one daughter. The family has a home in Pulaski County and a farm in Crittenden County.