Richmond VA Medical Center

The change reflects the federal government's movement to rename facilities whose namesake honored Confederate Soldiers from the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865.

(1835–1900), a famous Virginian notable for being the young personal physician to Confederate Major General Stonewall Jackson during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

The Richmond Veterans Administration Medical Center was established on the land of Broad Rock that was once a horse racing track built soon after the Civil War in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

[2] The facility was established after World War II along State Route 10 and Richmond's Belt Boulevard, an early highway bypass.

[4] Richmond Veterans Administration Medical Center offers alternative medicine such as acupuncture and a "zen den".

Color photograph of a standing man in uniform (left) and man in wheelchair with casts on right foreleg and left forearm (right).
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West speaks with Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Michael Shepard at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center
Color photograph of a man in uniform (left) talking to a man in an electric wheelchair (right) who is flanked by women and children.
Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Boucard and his family at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center