I was walking with my dog past a Military cemetery in my town when something about it struck me.

[Rustynaerduwell]

It was only about a third filled with graves. The rest was empty but well maintained. There's room in that cemetery. And they planned ahead.

[Aristus]

1. Let's hope the spaces are never needed.

The best way to honor veterans is to resolve not to make any more of them.

[Abnredleg]

2. There are millions of vets in this country

We don’t need to go to war to fill the veterans’ cemeteries.

[jberryhill]

3. There are a lot of veterans

It’s not as if veterans cemeteries are filled with combat deaths.

[RHMerriman]

4. The GI Generation (WW 2) and the Korea and Vietnam cohorts are large

The GI Generation (WW 2) and the Korea and Vietnam cohorts are large, and veterans' spouses can also be buried. There are National Cemeteries across the US that are full, simply because of demographics, and there have been several sites added to the system in recent decades because of the need.

Nothing really suspicious about it.

[leanforward]

5. I happen to know about a Veterans Cemetery in SE Missouri.

It too, has a lot of space. When you check out many of the details on the markers, they relate to WWII, Korea, and RVN. I don't know about all veterans cemeteries, but this one has gravesites and ashe sites. What is nice about Veterans Cemeteries is the wives get to be interred with their significant other.

[sarisataka]

6. Not too many cemeteries

Are purchased merely to fulfill the current day's need. If you look at any cemertary there is usually quite a bit of open space unless it is a very old one.

[elocs]

7. All military veterans will die one day and some of them will be buried in a military cemetery.

That doesn't mean they died in a war.
My dad was a veteran of WWII and when he died in 1970 he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Any good cemetery will plan to leave space for those who die in the future.

[Mariana]

8. How is that different from any other active cemetery? nt.

[hack89]

9. There are 20 million living veterans

So yes, they did plan ahead.