Walter Reed Hospital Closes Its Doors

Walter Reed Hospital Holds Closing Ceremony -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — History has marched through the halls of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where presidents, princes, kings and generals mingled in their hospital gowns.

Lyndon B. Johnson visited an ill, pajama-clad Richard M. Nixon during the 1960 campaign. President Harry S. Truman went to his first church service here after taking office. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill that established the Interstate highway system in 1956, while a patient here, according to John Pierce, a retired Army colonel and an expert on the history of the hospital. Eisenhower later spent the last 11 months of his life in the presidential suite, as his health declined, his wife, Mamie, living in a small room nearby.

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Ceremony marks closing of Walter Reed hospital -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Colors lowered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center -- Washington Post
Casing of colors marks close of historic Walter Reed hospital -- Reuters
Saying Goodbye To Walter Reed -- NPR
Historic military hospital prepares to close its doors -- FOX News
Walter Reed closing after more than 100 years of treating wounded troops -- MSNBC
Walter Reed Army Medical Center -- Washington post (Photo Gallery)