Download or read book Old Soldiers' Homes in the United States written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi), Confederate Memorial State Historic Site, Confederate Soldiers' Home, Danville National Cemetery (Illinois), Kansas Soldiers' Home, Minnesota Veterans Home, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch, New York State Veterans' Home at Oxford, Old soldiers' home, Orting, Washington, Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery, Philadelphia Naval Asylum, Sawtelle Veterans Home, Togus, Maine, Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center, United States Sanitary Commission, Veterans Home of California. Excerpt: An old soldiers' home is a military veteran's retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes even an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc. Federal homes. The first national veterans' home in the United States was the United States Naval Home approved in 1811, but not opened until 1834 in the Philadelphia Naval Yard. The Naval Home was moved to Gulfport, Mississippi in 1976. It was subsequently opened to veterans of other services and is now the Gulfport Campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. The first Army national old soldiers' home in the U.S. was established in Washington, D.C. in 1851. The Old Soldier's Home (Washington), now known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, was the site of President Abraham Lincoln's summer home during the Civil War and is adjacent to National Cemetery, the first federal military cemetery in the U.S. President Lincoln's Cottage has been designated a National Monument, and recently underwent renovation. It reopened to the public on President's Day, 18 February 2008. The Home has remained in continuous use since its establishment in 1851. It is located...