The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans is located on 90 acres of land adjacent to the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Home offers veterans a wooded area with a pond formed along Lamberton Creek, an amphitheater, nature trail, picnic pavilion and extensive picnic areas for residents. The buildings and grounds are groomed and maintained by an experienced and dedicated staff. Grounds beautification and building remodeling projects are continuously underway.
The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans has a stand-alone heating plant, emergency power back-up systems, fire protection safeguards, and a modern cooling and ventilation systems. Two of the buildings are smoke-free and the remaining buildings have designated smoking areas for residents use.
The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans maintains a fleet of vehicles for transporting residents to outside medical appointments and for residents to attend a variety of outside events, such as, the theater and sporting events. Community interaction is encouraged, rather than discouraged. Residents can be as active and interested in life as they wish.
The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans' cemetery is the final resting place for 2,413 Civil War Veterans and hundreds of veterans from every U.S. military conflict since that time. The cemetery is also used as a site for special ceremonies to honor military personnel. The beautiful gateways leading into the cemetery were recently restored through the voluntary efforts of the Veterans Committee of the UAW, Region 1-D, and the Kent County Veterans Council.
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