a good number of those homes eventually became the VA Medical Centers at same locations. The "Veterans Administration" came into existence in 1930. Elevated to cabinet level department 15 March 1989 by President George H.W. Bush (not his son, ok?) VA took control of all national cemeteries in 1973 from the Army. http://www.va.gov/vafhis.htm David Samuelsen Marc Thomas wrote: > > Before the VA was created as we know it, there were still Soldiers Homes. > The Bath Soldiers Home existed well before WWI, and around 1905 was home to > about 2000 Civil War veterans of the G.A.R. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:03 PM > Subject: [Tri-Counties] VA Hospital Bath, Steuben Co > > > I realize that the list doesn't cover Steuben Co, but is there someone in > the > > Elmira area that knows when the Vet Administration opened the Bath > facility? > > Was it after WWI or WWII? > > Thank you! > > Gail- Syracuse, NY > >