Grand Army Home Historical Marker
N 44° 20.261 W 089° 08.727
16T E 328968 N 4911618
The Grand Army Home Historical Marker is located on the ground of the Grand Army Home at the end of Bell St in King, WI.
Waymark Code: WM2KFF
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2007
Views: 69
The Grand Army Home was established in 1887 by the Wisconsin Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, a nationwide organization of Union veterans of the Civil War (1861-1865). The Home provided care for indigent veterans and their wives in a pleasant community setting. The city of Waupaca donated seventy-eight acres along scenic Rainbow Lake to the veterans, and the local branch of the Women’s Relief Corps (an auxillary of the G.A.R.) constructed several cottages on the site. This was the first veterans’ home in the nation to allow women to become members. Dr. Frederick A. Marden, a G.A.R. member from Milwaukee, originated the concept of a co-educational veterans’ retirement community. He also devised the Home’s cottage plan. Marden believed that elderly soldiers and their wives were owed a debt of gratitude for their service to the imperiled Union and that they would find contentment in the modest cottages and tree-shaded lanes at King.
Erected 1988
County: Waupaca
Location: Historical Center
MarkerID: 283
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