Results for National Soldiers Home
National Historic Landmark - Soldiers Home Reef
This rock mound in the Menomonee River Valley near Milwauk...
National Soldiers Home
The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home Association was formed ...
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer ...
National Soldiers’ Home
Approved by an Act of Congress on Jan. 28, 1901, the Mount...
Results for National Soldiers Home
National Historic Landmark - Soldiers Home Reef
This rock mound in the Menomonee River Valley near Milwaukee was discovered by Increase A. Lapham, Wisconsin's first scientist, in the 1830s. In 1862, James Hall was the first to recognize and interpret this and several other earby mounds as ...
National Soldiers Home
The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home Association was formed in 1864 by a coalition of women’s charitable organizations led by Lydia Hewitt, Hannah Vedder, and Mrs. E. L. Buttrick of Milwaukee. The Association raised funds to endow a hospital where sick and ...
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established by Congressional legislation and approved by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1865. Its purpose was "...to care for him who shall have borne the battle..." as stated in President ...
National Soldiers’ Home
Approved by an Act of Congress on Jan. 28, 1901, the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was created through the work of Tennessee Congressman Walter P. Brownlow (1851–1910). Known locally as Mountain Home, the original ...
