Civil War Vets First Residents at Soldiers and Sailors Home
Erie Daily Times notes that Civil War veterans were the first residents at the Soldiers and Sailors Home. The Pennsylvania facility began as a Marine hospital for sick and disabled Great Lakes sailors, with initial $90,000 state funding in 1867 and further appropriations, though the hospital was never completed per John Miller’s 1909 history of Erie County.
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Pennsylvania
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
Great Lakes
John Miller
Erie County
Erie Daily Times
First Memorial Day at Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
Erie Times-News recalls the 1887 first Memorial Day observance at the Soldiers and Sailors Home near Lake Erie opened in 1886 to aid Civil War veterans. The Dispatch described a chapel gathering with addresses, songs, a veterans’ tearful chorus, and a view of the home as a haven for infirm and indigent veterans.
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Erie, Pa
Erie Morning Dispatch
Christopher Millette
Erie Times-News
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
U.S
Dispatch
Veteran shares Vietnam War through his photos at memory care
Lyle Parker, an 84 year old Vietnam veteran and retired physician, living at Brookdale Wilmington Memory Care since December 2023, shares his war experiences via a photo journal. The Wilmington Star News notes his efforts to connect with residents at the senior living facility.
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Wilmington
Lyle Parker
Brookdale Wilmington
Parker
Free COVID-19 vaccines program to end
U.S. health officials say the federal program providing free COVID-19 shots to uninsured and underinsured people is ending. The scheme, which began when vaccines hit the market last fall, has supplied millions of free doses and now closes as coverage ends.
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U.S
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