soldiers' home
noun
: an institution maintained (as by the federal or a state government) for the care and relief of military veterans
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In a Holyoke, Massachusetts, soldiers' home where 77 residents died of COVID-19, there was joy amid the heartbreak after the first vaccines were administered.
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Carter Evans, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2020
The state recorded its first pandemic death on March 20, and the toll quickly grew amid deadly outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities — including the deaths of nearly 80 veterans at a soldiers' home in Holyoke.
—Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
Test results for five other residents who have died at the soldiers' home in Holyoke, about 90 miles west of Boston, are pending, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse said Tuesday.
—NBC News, 18 Apr. 2020
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Carter Evans, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2020
The state recorded its first pandemic death on March 20, and the toll quickly grew amid deadly outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities — including the deaths of nearly 80 veterans at a soldiers' home in Holyoke.
—Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
Test results for five other residents who have died at the soldiers' home in Holyoke, about 90 miles west of Boston, are pending, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse said Tuesday.
—NBC News, 18 Apr. 2020
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“Soldiers' home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldiers%27%20home. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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