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Civil War-era soldiers Blue outdoor sign for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with VA logo. Sign for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on a building, with a quote from Abraham Lincoln about caring for veterans, widows, and orphans. Civil War veterans Major General Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles with an amputated right leg, and Major General Charles Kinnaird Graham stand outdoors at Trostle Farm, Gettysburg. Historic black-and-white photos of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, showing large multi-story buildings with porches and towers. Sepia stereograph photograph showing rows of elderly veterans seated at long tables eating dinner in a large dining hall at the Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Ohio, 1904. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill at his Oval Office desk, surrounded by ten men and one woman, June 22, 1944. Crowds of American soldiers in uniform cheer and wave from the deck of the SS John Ericsson as it arrives at Pier 84 in New York after World War II. Wayne Bixler, an elderly man in a plaid shirt and navy cap, walks through rows of small American flags at Riverside National Cemetery, holding flowers on Memorial Day. The Department of Veterans Affairs seal features a bald eagle with outstretched wings in front of two crossed American flags, five gold stars above, and a blue background bordered by a gold rope with the words Department of Veterans Affairs United States of America.
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  • Tracy Grant
    Tracy Grant is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She previously served as editor in chief, the first woman to hold that title. 

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Added department seal. Sep 16, 2026
Added cross-reference. Jun 11, 2026
Article thoroughly revised and expanded. Jun 05, 2026
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of United States Department of Veterans Affairs. May 20, 2019
Add new Web site: Official Site of United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Jul 20, 2011
New article added. Apr 16, 2009
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