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According to a release from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, formerly known as the Weston State Hospital, 4,000 flags were placed in the 3 cemeteries by volunteers in honor of Memorial Day.
(WBOY) — Those who were laid to rest at the Weston State Hospital Cemeteries were honored on Friday with a Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony. According to a release from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic ...
Located an hour southwest of Morgantown, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was also called the Weston State Hospital and the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane. It was open from 1864 to 1994, and ...
Nestled in the Greenbrier Valley, Lewisburg is a true hidden gem. This picturesque town features colorful historic buildings ...
Nestled in the Greenbrier Valley, Lewisburg is a true hidden gem. This picturesque town features colorful historic buildings ...
Gov. Gilbert Walker, whom Canby had appointed, accepted the requirement and established the Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane at Howard’s Grove, a former Confederate hospital just ...
long-time state hospital employee Nell Mitchell asked then-superintendent Haydee Kort if she could turn the properties into a museum telling the history and significance of the Colorado Insane ...
Democratic Statesman correspondent 'Pidge' makes a report on the Texas States Asylum for the newspaper in 1874.
These were the damning words of an inspector who visited London's Bethlem Royal Hospital in 1814 - better ... groundbreaking Nottingham General Lunatic Asylum - the first publicly-funded asylum ...
Bethlem Royal Hospital in 1754 by artist William Hogarth ... Now, new publishings into the groundbreaking Nottingham General Lunatic Asylum - the first publicly-funded asylum in England - has ...