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The home opened in early 1890, one source claiming on January 1 and another claiming on February 7. Many of the old post buildings were used by the Soldiers' Home. At any rate among the first occupants were American Civil War veterans, both Union and Confederate. Also, veterans of the Indian campaigns and the Mexican War were admitted.
The Confederate Memorial State Historic Site is a state-owned property occupying approximately 135 acres (55 ha) near Higginsville, Missouri.From 1891 to 1950, the site was used as an old soldiers' home for veterans of the Confederate States Army after the American Civil War.
Mountain Home National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Mountain Home, within Johnson City in Washington County, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 99.7 acres (40.3 ha), and as of 2018, had over 17,000 interments.
The home was founded on January 1, 1885, [1] by the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 as a support home for veterans of the Confederate States Army. The camp home was built with private funds from both Confederate and Union veterans (the Grand Army of the Republic being one of its biggest donators). Due to the bipartisan support of the home, the Confederate ...
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – A simple purchase appears to have saved an Army veteran's home against the deadly wildfires in Southern California. Jim Cragg said his eyes were opened a few years ...
An old soldiers' home is a military veterans' retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc.
The branch, which opened in 1898, was one of eleven branches of the National Home, which formed in 1867 to treat Union soldiers disabled during the Civil War. U.S. Representative and Danville resident Joseph Gurney Cannon used his political influence to establish the Danville Branch, which brought money and jobs to the city. The campus served ...
Sawtelle Veterans Home. The Sawtelle Veterans Home was a care home for disabled American veterans in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California, United States.The Home, formally the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica lands donated by Senator John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker.