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Togus, Down in Maine: The First National Veterans Home

Togus, Down in Maine: The First National Veterans Home

Hardcover

Armed ForcesGeneral PhotographyRegional: New England

Publisher Price: $39.99

ISBN10: 1531627315
ISBN13: 9781531627317
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Sep 3 1998
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Togus, located 4.5 miles east of Augusta, Maine, was formerly part of the town of Chelsea. After the Civil War, Congress enacted laws and established a system of facilities that collectively became known as National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The critical need to establish an eastern branch of the National Home led to the selection of the former Togus Spring Hotel, which after some remodeling, opened for Union Civil War veterans in

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Regional: New England