R.E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home
The R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home, located in Richmond, Virginia, was founded on January 1, 1885, by the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 as a support home for veterans of the Confederate States Army after the American Civil War. The camp home was built with private funds from both Confederate and Union veterans (the Grand Army of the Republic being one of its biggest donators). Due to the bipartisan support of the home, the Confederate Soldiers' Home became a favorite meeting site for the Blue and Gray reunions.The building complex includeg a hospital, a dining hall, a workshop, a recreation center, 10 cottages, a nondenominational chapel, and a laundry center, among other services for the veterans. Throughout the 56-year history of the home, from 1885 until the final resident passed away in 1941, the home saw around 3,000 total residents, with peak residency reaching 300 at one time during 1890–1910.After the final resident passed away, the Commonwealth of Virginia was given ownership and designated it a Confederate memorial park. A notable practitioner at the home was Joseph DeJarnette, a vocal proponent of racism and eugenics (specifically the sterilization of the mentally ill) whose uncle, Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr., was part of the First and Second Confederate Congress as well as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the United States House of Representatives. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is now on the grounds of the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home.
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North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond Museum District
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)
North Arthur Ashe Boulevard 200
23220 Richmond, Museum District
Virginia, United States
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