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GENERAL TOPICS => Our Pro-Military, Veteran, and Thin Blue Line place => Topic started by: Flyin6 on July 14, 2021, 09:09:23 AM
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The visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to America was in every sense a triumphal procession. From July 1824 to September 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, made a tour of the 24 states in the United States. He was received by the populace with a hero's welcome at many stops, and many honors and monuments were presented to commemorate and memorialize the visit.
On 14 July 1825, The 2nd Battalion, 11th New York Artillery, was one of many militia turned out to welcome him. This unit decided to adopt the title “National Guard” in honor of Lafayette’s command of the Garde Nationale de Paris during the French Revolution. The 11th Battalion, later designated as the 7th Regiment, was prominent in the line of march on the occasion of Lafayette’s final passage through New York. Taking note of the troops named for his old command he alighted from his carriage walked down the line clasping each officer by the hand as he proceeded. The 7th New York, with its designation “National Guard” went on to become one of the most famous of all Guard units well into the 20th century. Its nickname has come to represent all American militia for more than century.
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Outstanding bit of history.
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Great little tidbit of history! That was the first unit to call itself "National Guard", but the Guard traces its history to December 13th, 1636. On this date, the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered the organization of the colony's militia into three regiments (North, South, and East). This formalized the militia into standard units for the first time in this country, and set the standard for all following militia units, which came to be the Army National Guard of the United States. :wink: