Keywords: Disabled veterans
Item 71792
Veterans Administration Facility Barracks, Togus, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 71791
Veterans Administration Facility Administration building, Togus, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 151453
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Maine and the Civil War - Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885
"Today, one of the buildings is on the National Historic Register. The full title of this view is, "Eastern Branch, National Home for Disabled…"
Exhibit
Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War
Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"… 10, 1864 and received a discharge due to a disability. He died on October 12, 1907 in Avon and is buried in the Village Cemetery in Strong with his…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War
"The situation could be just as bad for disabled soldiers who made it back. In March of 1869, veteran Jacob Lunt wrote to the Overseers of the Poor…"
Story
Protesters spit on me as a Vietnam Veteran
by Joseph Rocque Jr.
I will never forget the horror of seeing all the protestors greeting my plane returning from Vietnam
Story
Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton
Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes
