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A Home for Our Heroes: A History of the Dayton Veterans Administration
Contributor(s): Reid, Brian (Author), Russell, Kathleen (Editor), Davis, Anna McGuire (Author)

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 ISBN: 0979860415     ISBN-13: 9780979860416
Publisher: Home Based Arts USA, Incorporated
OUR PRICE: $7.20  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: September 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Veterans
Physical Information: 0.09" H x 7.01" W x 10" L (0.21 lbs) 44 pages
 
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It is an honor to welcome you to a special place. A place of honor, healing and home-like environment, the Dayton Veterans Home or as we know it today, the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In this book, you will learn that we are a site of care designated by one of our greatest Presidents, Abraham Lincoln. The Veterans Home was one of the first efforts by the federal government to establish a system of medical care for those who have sacrificed for our national defense. In 1865, there was no public health system. If you had money, you bought care from a physician. If you did not have money, you relied on the charity of family or churches. That system worked fine, but it was not enough to handle the surge of more than 1 million causalities from the Civil War. I hope you will find after reading this book that we have accomplished President Lincoln's vision to create a home for our most brave citizens, our Veterans.
 
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