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Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.
Wayne County VA Clinic Horsham: Victor J. Saracini Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic Indiana: Indiana County VA Clinic Johnstown: Johnstown VA Clinic Kittanning: Armstrong County VA Clinic Meadville: Crawford County VA Clinic Mapleton Depot: Huntingdon County VA Clinic Mechanicsburg: Cumberland County VA Clinic New Castle ...
Togus VA Medical Center is a facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in Chelsea, Maine. The facility was built as a resort hotel, and housed Union veterans of the American Civil War prior to being converted to a veterans hospital. It was the first veterans facility developed by the United States government.
The site that is now the Togus VA facility is the first veterans facility established by the United States. It was established by an act of Congress in 1866, to provide a space for "any worthy soldier" who was "suffering such a degree of disability" so as to need such a facility. [3]
Togus VA Medical Center: VA Maine Health Cate: Chelsea: Kennebec Yes 1930–present Active: Waldo County General Hospital MaineHealth Belfast: Waldo: Yes Active: York Hospital Independent: York: York Yes Active
Forty years later, more than 72,000 Soldiers from Maine fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War (1861–65). [3] Maine's Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards.
Chelsea is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,778 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is home to the Togus Springs Hotel and Veterans Administration facilities.
Togus National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Togus, Kennebec County, Maine. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 31.2 acres (12.6 ha), and as of the end of 2020, had more than 5,300 interments. It is closed to new interments.