| From
September 26 through October 10, 2003.
the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs
Center in Johnson City, Tennessee celebrated
the 100 year anniversary of its founding.
This VA Center is a beautiful historic
campus that originally was a site for
the Mountain
Branch of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers. Many original
features of the National Soldiers
Home
are still evident and this website
features photos and postcards from
the 1903 -
1910 period. The Centennial Celebration
calendar included guided tours of
the
facilities and National Cemetery, a
Civil War Reenactment, parades, and
numerous other events. The National
Soldiers Home campus has been carefully
restored and includes the Quillen College
of Medicine at ETSU in addtion to the
Veterans Affairs facilities.
P. C. Snapp
Executive Director
Economic Development Board
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