MIMS, Fla. — Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in Brevard County is undergoing a large expansion to make room for more veteran gravesites.

Tens of thousands of additional gravesites will serve families who have served for the next 10 years.

The new expansion project will add 30 more acres, along with 32,200 gravesites.

Cape Canaveral National Cemetery has developed 117 acres, and 17,000 veterans are interred on the property.

Up to a dozen committal services for one of the nation's veterans are held seven days a week at the cemetery.

“We are always going to make sure we honor them with dignity and respect," cemetery director Cindy Van Bibber says. "The families that come out here are going to receive that same respect. It’s something to be able to say when you’ve served your country, you have a special place and connection to those you are laid to rest with.”

One group — the Cape Canaveral Ladies — is committed to making sure no veteran is alone during one of these services.

Forty-six of them have volunteered nearly 16,000 hours overall so far — there for every service since the cemetery opened in 2016.

“We do not, in fact we refuse, to let a veteran be buried alone,” says Cape Canaveral Ladies Chairperson Larue Fleming.

Fleming’s father served in World War II. She also has a husband who served in Vietnam and four brothers who are veterans.

She says it’s an honor to thank those who served our country.

“It’s difficult sometimes to see their pain," Fleming says. "It’s the least we can do.””

Fleming and the other Canaveral Ladies will continue with all the families who come to the cemetery.

“It’s very important to us to give honor where honor is due,” Fleming says.

Cape Canaveral National Cemetery also needs volunteers to put wreaths of remembrance on gravesites during the holidays and put flags out for Memorial Day.