• Read Fort Whipple – Historic VA Medical Center started as Army post

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    Fort Whipple – Historic VA Medical Center started as Army post

    The present-day Bob Stump VA Medical Center campus in Prescott, Arizona has had a long and interesting history from the time the Arizona Territory was created in 1863. Established as Fort Whipple, the facility transitioned over many years to an eventual VA Medical Center campus.

  • Read The Winston-Salem Regional Office: Celebrating 100 years of service to North Carolina’s Veterans

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    The Winston-Salem Regional Office: Celebrating 100 years of service to North Carolina’s Veterans

    The same law that established the Veterans Bureau in 1921 authorized the new agency to open up to 140 offices at the sub-district level. The purpose of these field offices was, in the words of the bureau’s founding director Charles R. Forbes, to “bring all of the activities of the Veterans' Bureau closer to the men they serve.” The Winston-Salem Regional Office celebrated 100 Years in 2021.