Cambridge Veterans Services
About
The Cambridge Department of Veterans Services advocates for all Cambridge veterans and their dependents. Staff advise clients on the benefits and services available to them and provide financial assistance to veterans and family members in need, including state Chapter 115 benefits. The department also helps veterans and families prepare applications for federal VA claims covering pensions, disability and death benefits, home loans, education, medical services and life insurance.
Those claims can also cover burial plots and grave markers, and the department can help veterans obtain copies of discharge records such as the DD214. Beyond casework, it organizes the city’s public observances on Patriots Day, Veterans Day and Memorial Day, including a Memorial Day Parade, and coordinates the dedication of streets, squares and parks named in honor of Cambridge veterans who were killed in action.
What to Know
- More than 9,000 flags are placed on veterans’ graves in Cambridge cemeteries each Memorial Day.
- Its website covers Commonwealth veterans bonuses and the Veterans State Annuity Benefit.
- An online estimator helps people gauge eligibility for Chapter 115 benefits.
- The department’s website promotes Cambridge’s MA250 celebration of 250 years of American independence.
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