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Engraving & Add-ons in Maine

Dates, inscriptions, portraits, medallions and QR codes — mobile and in-shop, laser and sandblast. Available throughout Maine via our Northeast network with a single point of contact.

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Engraving & Add-ons across Maine, coordinated from first call to final photo

Add new dates, names and details to an existing monument, or personalize a new one. Our engraving team works both on-site at the cemetery and in-shop, using laser and sandblast etching for inscriptions, portraits, medallions and even QR codes. Send close-up photos so the team can assess the existing lettering and agree a suitable approach.

Across Maine, engraving & add-ons is delivered through our Northeast network, so you get one clear point of contact and a crew coordinated to your cemetery — with nearby hubs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania supporting scheduling across the region.

We work with monuments purchased from any retailer — not just our own family of brands — and every visit in Maine is documented with photos so distant families can see the work was done correctly and respectfully.

What’s included

Engraving & Add-ons in Maine covers

Added dates, names and inscriptions

Portraits, medallions and emblems

QR codes linking to memorial pages

Mobile on-site and in-shop, laser & sandblast

How it works in Maine

A simple, documented process

Share inscription or artwork

Send the text, dates or portrait you'd like added.

We etch on-site or in-shop

Laser or sandblast etching matched to existing lettering.

Review & confirm

You approve the finished engraving with photos.

Maine cemetery facts

Inscriptions and medallions on veterans’ graves in Maine

VA's National Cemetery Administration lists 3 cemeteries in Maine: 1 open for new burials, 0 open for cremated remains only and 2 with no new gravesites (closed). VA also lists 5 grant-funded state or tribal veterans cemeteries in Maine.

A government medallion may be provided for eligible Veterans who served on or after April 6, 1917 and whose grave is marked with a privately purchased headstone or marker.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
VA does not pay to affix that medallion to a privately purchased headstone in a non-national cemetery; it delivers the medallion to the applicant.
Source: 38 CFR 38.630
A government headstone or marker should not be altered. VA may replace it to change or add inscription details when the next of kin ask within six months of the original being provided.
Source: 38 CFR 38.630

Featured Maine cemetery

Inscriptions record service and sacrifice. Here is what VA publishes for Togus National Cemetery.

Togus National Cemetery

Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor recipients VA lists as interred or memorialized here include Landsman John Preston (Civil War); Private David John Scannell (Boxer Rebellion).

Monuments and memorials

Eastern Branch - National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers' Soldiers & Sailors Monument, 1889 The Soldiers and Sailors Monument was erected in 1889 at what was the north end of the cemetery (now West Cemetery) at Togus VAMC, historically the Eastern Branch - National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS).
All cemeteries affiliated with the eleven oldest NHDVS branches, designated national cemeteries in 1973, feature a prominent monument, typically an obelisk.

History

Togus National Cemetery is located in Kennebec County, in the town of Chelsea, ME, on the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center.
The name Togus comes from the Native American name Worromontogus, which means "mineral water." The Togus property was originally a summer resort called Togus Springs.

Quoted from the official page for Togus National Cemetery (cem.va.gov), checked October 23, 2026. Rules, hours and burial status can change, so confirm with the cemetery before scheduling work.

VA national cemeteries in Maine

Acadia National Cemetery · JonesboroOpen
Togus National Cemetery (East) · TogusClosed
Togus National Cemetery (West) · TogusClosed

Historic soldiers’ lots and monument sites VA maintains in Maine: Mount Pleasant Cemetery Soldiers' Lot (Augusta).

State and tribal veterans cemeteries

Central Maine Veterans Cemetery - Civic Center Dr · AugustaCremation only
Central Maine Veterans Cemetery - Mt. Vernon Rd · AugustaOpen
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Veterans Cemetery · LittletonOpen
Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery · CaribouOpen
Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery · SpringvaleOpen

Sources: VA national cemetery list, VA grant-funded cemetery list, VA headstones, markers and medallions and 38 CFR 38.630. Checked October 23, 2026. Burial-space status can change, so confirm with the cemetery before scheduling work.

What families say

Trusted by families and funeral homes across the country

“They handled everything with our mother’s monument — delivery, cemetery coordination, installation and photos afterward. We live in another state, so knowing it was set correctly and respectfully meant the world to us.”

Linda M.

Family, out-of-state

“The deep cleaning and leveling completely transformed the family plot. The before-and-after photos were incredible, and now the stone looks like it did when it was first installed. We’re very grateful for the care they showed.”

Emily R.

Family

“We added dates and a portrait to an existing monument through their engraving team. Everything matched perfectly and was done right at the cemetery. Communication was clear from start to finish.”

James P.

Family