Civil War veterans form up outside the Home Store in 1886. The veterans were required to wear blue uniforms that were manufactured at the Central Branch.

Irish Gun Club

Veterans resting on steps in Grotto

Soldiers on Grotto Steps

Veterans sitting by cascade in Grotto, the stone arch is at the top of the steps

Veterans looking through the stone arch in the Grotto

The Street "Parleyment"

The Irish Gun Club, Ohio Avenue

Sitting 'Round the Tree

Home Band Members in 1891, by the early 1900's our Home Band was one of the best government bands in the country.

Veterans dueling with canes

The amount of food and drink that the kitchen workers prepared daily was immense. Here the 20-foot range is visible, along with vast copper cauldrons for cooking soup and vegetables.

Veterans resting on benches on the Main Campus. The bandstand, Headquarters, Memorial Hall, and Home Chapel are in the background.

Veterans in formation on Connecticut Avenue

Soldiers reading in the Putnam Library

Soldiers and artillery in front of Home Chapel

Soldiers in front of the fountain on the Middle Lake.

Veterans posing in flower garden

Soldiers at Butterfly Mound

Boat Station, middle lake

Soldiers by the boat dock, middle lake

Soldiers taking a refreshing drink from the spring

Old soldiers at dinner

The New Mess Hall permitted closure of the second floor of the Grand Dining Hall so that none of the men had to climb stairs to go to meals.

Old soldiers at dinner, Grand Dining Hall

Veterans washing dishes in the kitchen

Preparing dinner for 2000 veterans at a time

Making coffee in the kitchen. The seven coffee boilers, each holding nearly 100 gallons were filled and emptied twice a day.

Veterans at Colonel Harris Barrack

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