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 The [[Armed Forces Retirement Home]] was established as the northern branch of the United States Military Asylum in 1851. The property was originally the country estate of Washington banker [[George Washington Riggs]].  The government purchased the estate's {{convert|197|acre|ha}} and an additional {{convert|58|acre|ha}} using an endowment collected by General [[Winfield Scott]].<ref name=inventory>{{cite web|url=http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites/Listings+in+Alphabetical+Order/Inventory+A+of+Historic+Sites+and+Districts|title=District of Columbia - Inventory of Historic Sites|publisher=Government of the District of Columbia|access-date=2012-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101140439/http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites/Listings+in+Alphabetical+Order/Inventory+A+of+Historic+Sites+and+Districts|archive-date=2013-01-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>  He had received $150,000 in lieu of pillaging during his occupation of [[Mexico City]] in 1847.<ref name=afrh>{{cite web|url=https://www.afrh.gov/afrh/wash/whistory.htm |title=History |publisher=Armed Forces Retirement Home |access-date=2012-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016200333/https://www.afrh.gov/afrh/wash/whistory.htm |archive-date=2012-10-16 }}</ref> The facility was known as the U.S. Soldiers' Home from 1859 to 1972 and as the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen's Home from 1972 to 2001.  It has been known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home – Washington since 2001.
-Four [[United States President|American Presidents]], [[James Buchanan]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[Chester A. Arthur]], summered at the home.  Lincoln spent a quarter of his presidency in residence.<ref name=afrh/>  It was here that he worked on the final draft of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] in 1862.   While no fighting took place on the site during the [[American Civil War]] it was used as a signal post.  Given the elevation Lincoln was able to view various skirmishes that arose nearby. Military officers that are associated with the home's operation include Generals Winfield Scott, [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], [[Philip Sheridan]] and [[Surgeon General of the United States Army|Surgeon General]] [[Joseph K. Barnes]].<ref name=inventory/>
+Four [[United States President|American Presidents]], [[James Buchanan]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[Chester A. Arthur]], summered at the home.  Lincoln spent a quarter of his presidency in residence.<ref name=afrh/>  It was here that he worked on the final draft of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] in 1862.   While no fighting took place on the site during the American Civil War it was used as a signal post.  Given the elevation Lincoln was able to view various skirmishes that arose nearby. Military officers that are associated with the home's operation include Generals Winfield Scott, [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], [[Philip Sheridan]] and [[Surgeon General of the United States Army|Surgeon General]] [[Joseph K. Barnes]].<ref name=inventory/>
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