soldiers' home

noun

1. an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of soldiers' home¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

“Although I disagree with the president on almost everything, I am as eager as he is to see the Soldiers’ Home become a community for veterans and to see us establish a Center for Warrior Independence in West L.A.,”

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“This is the first time I’ve seen or read anything where the president of the United States has taken a position that this is a Soldiers’ Home.”

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“We look forward to working with the administration to make the right things—housing, community, workforce development— available to veterans at the historic Pacific Branch property,” Allman said, using the historic name for the disabled soldiers home created there in the 19th century.

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And so the Disabled Soldiers’ Home arose on the land, with a rich water supply and a $100,000 gift from the land donors that made the place into a vast, ornamentally gardened neighborhood of splendid trees set along artistically meandering paths, and the less flashy greenery of vegetable and fruit gardens.

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One ex-soldier was dishonorably discharged from the Soldiers’ Home for running a gambling parlor just outside the gates.

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