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Eastern Branch, in Togus Maine (1866) • Northwestern Branch, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1867) • Central Branch, in Dayton, Ohio (1867) • Southern Branch, in Hampton, Virginia (1870) • Western Branch, in Leavenworth, Kansas (1885) • Pacific Branch, in Santa Monica (LA), California (1888) |
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Marion Branch, in Marion, Indiana (1888) • Danville Branch, in Danville, Illinois (1898) • Mountain Branch, in Johnson City, Tennessee (1901) • Battle Mountain Sanatorium, in Hot Springs, South Dakota (1902) • Bath Branch (formerly the New York State Soldier & Sailor Home),in Bath, New York (1929) • Roseburg Branch, Roseburg, Oregon |
the old soldier's homes: Marion
The Federal Government built the Marion Branch of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers (now the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System) because
Civil War veterans were growing older and more often sought assistance at the
National Home branches. Even after construction of the Western Branch in 1885
and the Pacific Branch in 1888, the National Home still needed more space. The
Board of Managers selected Marion, Indiana, as the location for a new branch in
1888 because of its natural gas supply. The Marion Branch was the last to be
designed in the 19th century Picturesque landscape style with curved roads,
naturalistic plantings, and irregular green spaces. The branch officially opened
March 18, 1890.
Membership at the Marion Branch rose to 1,782 by 1901, but later declined due to
the advancing age and increased deaths of Civil War veterans. In 1920, the Board
of Managers approved a proposal to convert the Marion Branch into a
neuropsychiatric institution, the primary function of which was to care for
“nervous and mental patients,” who were mostly World War I veterans. Other
members at the time were transferred to different branches, mainly the branches
in Milwaukee and Danville. (from various sources)
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Belgians soldiers in the Soldier's Home, from the censuses: 1900: John B Meunier: born december 1831, 68 y. o., single, emigrated 1859 1910: none
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Belgians soldiers in the Soldier's Home, from the Soldiers' Home Registers:
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