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Article reposted with permission from the American Veterans Heritage Center. President Abraham Lincoln made a promise in 1865 to “…care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan…” and he signed the legislation to establish a system of soldier’s homes to care for veterans. The Dayton Soldier’s…
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Article reposted with permission from Dayton Business Journal. A bipartisan group of Ohio congressmen has introduced legislation to permanently locate a national attraction in Dayton. The group, which includes U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), introduced the bill, the Veterans Affairs Centennial and Heritage Act of 2024, on Wednesday, aiming to permanently house the National…
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Article reposted with permission from Dayton Business Journal. There are new details on a long-plotted plan to bring a national attraction to Dayton. The $75 million project will add hundreds of jobs and increase tourism. A plan to bring the National Veterans Affairs History Center (NVAHC) to the Dayton VA Medical Center seems to have…
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Article reposted with permission from the Dayton Daily News. The next stage in the long process of bringing the National VA History Center to Dayton began with an advertisement on usajobs.gov. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Wednesday posted an advertisement for a Washington-based supervisory historian whose primary purpose would be “to develop and direct…
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