VA Virtual Museum

VA Medical Center, Shreveport, LA

The new $10,000,000 Veterans' Hospital consisting of 450 beds with adjunct facilities was completed in 1950. It is located on the site of the old Fort Humbug fortifications where the Shreveport defending force armed the bluff over Red River with charred logs to simulate cannon during the War between the States, the ruse successfully preventing attack. PM 1955
450 Bed Veterans Hospital built on old Ft. Humbug Fortification Site. The building, costing $11,000,000.00, with adjunct facilities was planned in 1946 and completed in 1950. PM 1958