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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.
Pages in category "Old soldiers' homes in the United States" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
President Lincoln's Cottage is a historic home used by Abraham Lincoln on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, near the Petworth neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In 2000 it was designated a national monument called President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument.
"A Hallowed Home for Heroes," produced by Maryann Lazarski and Scottie Lee Meyers, traces the history of the Soldiers Home from its roots in the waning days of the Civil War to the recent $44 ...
The Soldiers' Home occupies a campus in N.W. Washington, D.C. It sits adjacent to two historic cemeteries, Rock Creek Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (the forerunner of Arlington National Cemetery). The Soldiers' Home has had many interesting historic buildings, some of which survive to the present day.
The building was completed in 1867 and it went by several names, including National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers and National Home for Disabled Soldiers. [1] The building was unoccupied starting in 1989, [3] and had fallen into disrepair and was scheduled to be demolished.
The Ward Memorial Theater, Soldiers Home Chapel and Governor’s Residence will be restored as community space and support services for veterans.
The Mountain Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was an old soldiers' home opened in 1904 in Mountain Home, Johnson City, Tennessee.Its site has since been taken over by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and is home to the Mountain Home National Cemetery and the James H. Quillen VA Center.