Engraving & Add-ons in Virginia
Dates, inscriptions, portraits, medallions and QR codes — mobile and in-shop, laser and sandblast. Available throughout Virginia via our South network with a single point of contact.
Engraving & Add-ons across Virginia, 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 Virginia, engraving & add-ons is delivered through our South network, so you get one clear point of contact and a crew coordinated to your cemetery — with nearby hubs in Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina supporting scheduling across the region.
We work with monuments purchased from any retailer — not just our own family of brands — and every visit in Virginia is documented with photos so distant families can see the work was done correctly and respectfully.
Engraving & Add-ons in Virginia covers
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.
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You approve the finished engraving with photos.
Inscriptions and medallions on veterans’ graves in Virginia
VA's National Cemetery Administration lists 17 cemeteries in Virginia: 3 open for new burials, 1 open for cremated remains only and 13 with no new gravesites (closed). VA also lists 3 grant-funded state or tribal veterans cemeteries in Virginia.
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 Virginia cemeteries
Inscriptions record service and sacrifice. Here is what VA publishes for Winchester National Cemetery and City Point National Cemetery.
Winchester National Cemetery
Monuments and memorials
Winchester National Cemetery contains 15 monuments, most commemorating units that fought in the battles of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War: -The marble 38th Massachusetts Volunteers Monument was erected in 1864. -The 14th New Hampshire Regiment Monument was erected by that state in 1868. -The granite 8th Vermont Volunteers Monument was erected in 1885 by Herbert E. Hill. -The granite 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry Monument was dedicated in 1888. -The Pennsylvania Monument is a large granite structure surmounted by a bronze figure.
History
Winchester National Cemetery was established on land appropriated for burials during the Civil War.
Although the land was used for burial purposes as early as 1862, the cemetery was not officially dedicated until April 8, 1866, and the land was not legally transferred to the U.S. government until December 1, 1870, when Jacob Baker was paid $1,500 for the 4.89-acre tract and the deed was signed and executed.
Winchester National Cemetery was the final resting place for Union soldiers who fought and died at the battles of Winchester, New Market, Front Royal, Snickers Gap, Harper's Ferry, Martinsburg, and Romney.
Physically, it was typical of first-generation national cemeteries built before 1870: the grounds were surrounded by a fence and thereafter a wall, a flagpole was centrally located, and a frame lodge followed by a masonry lodge served as an office and dwelling for the superintendent.
General information
This cemetery is administered by Culpeper National Cemetery.
Address, phone and hours
401 National Avenue Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: 540-825-0027
Visitation: Open daily from dawn to dusk.
Office: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays.
Burial space
Winchester National Cemetery is closed to new interments.
Directions from the nearest airport
From Washington National or Washington Dulles International Airports, travel Virginia State Highway 7 West.
State Highway 7 passes the entrance gate to the cemetery.
Visitors traveling on Interstate 81 will take Exit 316, putting them on Highway 7 West.
Quoted from the official page for Winchester National Cemetery (cem.va.gov), checked October 23, 2026. Rules, hours and burial status can change, so confirm with the cemetery before scheduling work.
City Point National Cemetery
Monuments and memorials
The Army of the James Monument is a large, 20-foot high white marble memorial erected in memory of the dead of the Army of the James.
The monument was constructed under the direction of Major General B.F. Butler, commander of the Army of the James from April 1864 to January 1865.
History
City Point National Cemetery is located in the historical district of Hopewell, VA.
The cemetery received its name from the town City Point which was in Prince George County before being annexed by the City of Hopewell in 1923.
At the confluence of the James and Appomattox rivers, City Point was a vital transportation center for railroads such as the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, and was a well-established inland port on the James River and Kanawha Canal at the onset of the Civil War.
City Point's transportation advantages and proximity to Richmond, the longest-enduring capital of the Confederacy, led Union General Ulysses S. Grant to establish a supply depot for his army here.
Address, phone and hours
10th Avenue and Davis Street Hopewell, VA 23860
Phone: 804-795-2031
Visitation: Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Office: Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
Burial space
City Point National Cemetery is closed to new interments.
Floral and grounds rules
Please do not secure floral items or other types of decorations to headstones or markers.
Decoration calendar
Artificial floral arrangements may be placed on gravesites starting November 1 through April 1.
Potted plants may only be placed on gravesites for a period extending 7 days before through 7 days after Easter Sunday.
Seasonal items such as Christmas wreaths (18" or smaller), grave floral blankets (not to exceed 2'x3') and potted poinsettias may be placed on gravesites beginning December 1 through January 10.
Directions from the nearest airport
Richmond International Airport is approximately four miles east of Richmond's city limits.
Exit 15A (Hopewell/Route 10.
Follow Route 10 to 6 th Avenue (Signal/right turn only) and take a right.
Quoted from the official page for City Point 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 Virginia
- Alexandria National Cemetery, VA · AlexandriaClosed
- Ball's Bluff National Cemetery · LeesburgClosed
- City Point National Cemetery · HopewellClosed
- Cold Harbor National Cemetery · MechanicsvilleClosed
- Culpeper National Cemetery · CulpeperOpen
- Culpeper National Cemetery Annex · CulpeperOpen
- Danville National Cemetery, VA · DanvilleCremation only
- Fort Harrison National Cemetery · RichmondClosed
- Glendale National Cemetery · RichmondClosed
- Hampton National Cemetery · HamptonClosed
- Hampton National Cemetery (Phoebus Addition) · HamptonClosed
- Hampton National Cemetery (VAMC) · HamptonClosed
- National Memorial Cemetery at Quantico · TriangleOpen
- Richmond National Cemetery · RichmondClosed
- Seven Pines National Cemetery · SandstonClosed
- Staunton National Cemetery · StauntonClosed
- Winchester National Cemetery · WinchesterClosed
State and tribal veterans cemeteries
- Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery · SuffolkOpen
- Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery · DublinOpen
- Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia · AmeliaOpen
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.
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