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2. Old soldiers' home - Wikipedia

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   Many of the old soldiers' homes in the United States were constructed in high Victorian style, like the New Hampshire Soldiers' Home in Tilton, New Hampshire. 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 ...

3. Armed Forces Retirement Home - Wikipedia

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   "Military Asylums" were created (the name was changed to U.S. Soldier's Home in 1859). Disabled or wounded veterans from the War of 1812 forward would be admitted. US Marines who served in Mexico and were otherwise qualified by wound or disability would be admitted. The rules at the U.S. Soldier's Home were similar but not identical to the ...

4. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Wikipedia

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   The Board of Managers, charged with governance of the Home, added seven more branches between 1870 and 1907 as broader eligibility requirements allowed more veterans to apply for admission. The effects of World War I , which resulted in a new veteran population of over five million men and women, brought dramatic changes to the National Home ...

5. Former soldiers' home given listed status

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6. Chelsea Pensioner - Wikipedia

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   Chelsea pensioners in scarlet coats and tricorne hats at the Founder's Day parade in the Royal Hospital Chelsea. A Chelsea Pensioner, or In-Pensioner, is a resident at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for former members of the British Army located in Chelsea, London.

7. Veterans Home of California Yountville - Wikipedia

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   The Veterans Home of California is located in Yountville, California, and was founded in 1884. [1] [2] The facility is the largest of its kind in the United States and has a population of almost 800 aged and disabled veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom.