Outstanding Triumph: The Veterans Neuropsychiatric Hospital at Northport, 1925-1940

Program Type:

Lectures

Age Group:

Adults
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  • Registration will open on April 18, 2026 @ 9:30am.
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Event Details

Celebrating 250 years of American history, Robert K. Brown discusses the fascinating early history of the VA Neuropsychiatric Hospital at Northport (as it was called at the time) - a large (2500 patient) and well-funded residential psychiatric hospital purpose-built to treat 'shell-shocked’ World War I veterans. Lost to historical memory, the fascinating story of the years 1925-1940 confirms the New York Times' 1928 description of the hospital as an "Outstanding Triumph".