“Veterans not only have attached significance to their veteran-ness but on occasion have formed large, politically influential veterans’ organizations.”  –Wilbur Scott, At War, p. 135

• Society of Cincinnati
• Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
• Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
• American Legion –opposes 1932 “Bonus Army”
• Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) –“Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.”
• Wounded Warrior Project

Image of Soldierstone in Colorado, memorial inspired by veteran Stuart Beckley

Soldiers’ Home

Comments from Vermont soldier Aldace Walker in a letter home written in 1862