Exhibits
Exhibit – American prisoner of war: Honoring those in National Cemeteries
VA History Exhibit - This exhibit presents the American prisoner of war experience and honors the Veterans who are buried in VA national cemeteries. The exhibit presents only a sample of the POW Veterans that are buried in VA national cemeteries, but hopes that all the sacrifices, courage, and sufferings POWs experienced are illustrated through the stories of those presented.
Exhibits
Innovating through adversity: Artifacts from the VA History Office’s COVID-19 collection
VA History Exhibit - The COVID-19 Pandemic changed the course of life for the American public and the Nation’s medical system, including VA medical centers across the country. Many innovations were created by VA staff during the pandemic, some of which are still in use today. The VA History Office launched a broad collection effort to ensure that these items were preserved to catalog the significant impact had on Veteran healthcare.
Featured Stories
Dr. Rosalyn Yalow: Groundbreaking VA medical researcher and Nobel Prize laureate
VA History Exhibit - In 1977, Dr. Rosalyn Yalow, a medical researcher and doctor at the Bronx VA Hospital, became the second woman awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. In an exhibit crafted by VA History intern Parker Beverly, learn how Dr. Yalow strived to break through gender barriers in the medical field to become an expert in radioimmunoassay.
Exhibits
19th century landscaping at two National Home campuses
VA History Exhibit - Experience and learn how the landscaping from the 19th Century was designed to help Veterans at their National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers campuses. Some of the features were practical in nature, such as to provide food and irrigation for the residents.
Exhibits
Substitution in the Civil War
VA History Exhibit - When the U.S. had to increase enlistments to handle the burden of manpower demands for the battlefield, a draft was legislated in 1863. A provision was written in that gave a drafted person the choice to pay someone who was willing to serve in their place. This was called substitution.Â