Old soldiers' home

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An old soldiers' home is a veteran's hospital or an institution devoted to the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors and marines, etc.

United States

Within the United States, most old soldiers' homes were established following the Civil War, sometimes with state funding, otherwise with federal monies. The old soldiers' home system was eventually replaced with the Veterans Administration which later became the Department of Veterans Affairs. Confederate soldiers were supported entirely at the state level with no funds from the federal government against which they had rebelled. Many old soldiers' homes, now veterans' institutions, have affiliated national cemeteries located on or near the grounds.

List of old soldiers' homes within the United States

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• Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home (Illinois Veterans Home), Quincy, Illinois
• Indiana State Soldiers Home, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Los Angeles Disabled Veterans Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California
• Kansas State Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
• Michigan Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Montana State Soldiers' Home, Columbia Falls, Montana
• New Hampshire Soldiers' Home, Tilton, New Hampshire
• New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, Bath, New York
• Old Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, Massachusetts
• Rhode Island Soldiers' Home, Bristol, Rhode Island
• Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Soldiers' Home, Danville, Illinois
• Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio
• Soldiers' Home, Hampton, Virginia
• Soldiers' Home, Marshalltown, Iowa
• Soldiers' Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Soldiers' Home, Orting, Washington
• Soldiers' Home, Sandusky, Ohio
• South Dakota State Soldiers' Home, Hot Springs, South Dakota
• Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, D.C.
• Vermont Soldiers' Home, Bennington, Vermont
• Veterans Home of California, Yountville, California
• Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, King, Wisconsin [1]
• Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, Union Grove, Wisconsin [2]

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