At Washington D.C.'s Congressional Cemetery, construction is underway of the National LGBT Veterans Memorial, which will become a sacred resting ground for LGBT Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines and Air Force. veterans: “The time has come for those of us who were forced to serve in silence to honor our fellow veterans with a dignified and impressive memorial in our national capitol. The National LGBT Veterans Memorial will provide a fitting resting place where our veterans may, as Leonard Matlovich urged us to do, ‘leave a lasting record of our accomplishments.'"