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Kansas lawmakers passed several new laws in 2024 designed to benefit veterans, disabled veterans and military spouses with professional licenses.
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A cemetery was established to inter residents who died and needed a place to be buried. As of 2010 approximately 400 veterans were buried in the Kansas Soldiers' Home Cemetery. In 2002 a new cemetery was established, the Kansas Veterans' Cemetery at Fort Dodge. As of 2010 166 veterans and dependents were buried there.
The State Military Board was responsible for providing uniforms for the Kansas State Guard. So as not to compete for uniforms with the federal military services, state defense forces were required to choose colors not in use with the federal services. The Kansas State Guard had a khaki summer dress uniform, and a green winter uniform. [8]
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The Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers was established in 1885 in Leavenworth, Kansas to house aging veterans of the American Civil War. The 214-acre (87 ha) campus (formerly 640 acres (260 ha)) is near Fort Leavenworth, and is directly adjacent to Leavenworth National Cemetery, south of Leavenworth town. The home ...
This is a list of Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) posts in Kansas, United States.. The G.A.R., Department of Kansas was established December 7, 1866. It was preceded by an organization known as the Veteran Brotherhood (and Union Brotherhood), State of Kansas organized in December 1865.
In an effort to keep retirees from moving elsewhere, some lawmakers in Kansas aim to use a projected state budget surplus to ease income taxes on Social Security benefits. Social Security: Why Not...