Veterans nursing home to celebrate 25 years

July 11, 2016

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A nursing care facility for veterans in central Kentucky is nearing its 25th anniversary and the state is planning a celebration.

The Thomson-Hood Veterans Center’s milestone will be celebrated with a ceremony Aug. 11 with Gov. Matt Bevin as the guest speaker.

The center opened in 1991 in Wilmore as the first state veterans nursing home in Kentucky. Back then it was called the Kentucky Veterans Center. With 285 beds, it was built to handle all the state’s veterans’ needs at the time.

In 1998 it was renamed to honor George B. Thomson and Beatrice Elizabeth Greenwell Hood. Thomson served in the Army in World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, while Hood was the first administrator of the Kentucky Veterans Center.