In 1923 the Veterans of Foreign Wars initiated a plan to build a national home for the families of deceased and disabled American veterans. The following year, a Jackson, Michigan, cattleman made his Ingham County ranch available as the site, and a complex of buildings was erected there. Because the facility provided homes for families from outside Michigan, it received support from veterans groups across the country, which donated money for the construction of cottage residences. The Veterans of Foreign Wars sought to keep families intact, provide a home life similar to that enjoyed by other American families, and teach self-sufficiency and independence. Initial funding followed the 1922 Yankees-Giants World Series, when a controversy after the tied second game was halted due to darkness inspired the baseball commissioner to donate the first game’s proceeds to the nation’s war veterans, from which the Veterans of Foreign Wars received $20,000. Between 1925 and 1930 residential cottages funded by state veterans organizations were built as individual homes that created a neighborhood environment for residents. The National Home remains the only privately funded home for veterans’ children and grandchildren in the United States that is national in scope and honors the contributions and sacrifices of America’s veterans.