Freedom Fighter: Capt. Francisco Menéndez
In 1738, Spanish militia Capt. Francisco Menéndez was the commander of a North Florida military garrison in St. Augustine known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose. The area...
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In 1738, Spanish militia Capt. Francisco Menéndez was the commander of a North Florida military garrison in St. Augustine known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose. The area...
Steven Alvarez |
The National Guard turns 384 years old on December 13Â celebrating the service and sacrifices made by its men and women in communities, states, territories and around the world. The National...
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The English militias that the National Guard claims as its heritage were responsible for the first European massacre of Native Americans. Those English colonial militias are honored and celebrated as...
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Like other chapters in American history that are being revisited, the birthdate of the National Guard deserves a hard look. We can’t know for sure, but reexamining what we know...
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The Massachusetts militias of 1636, which are considered the "Nation's First" by the National Guard Bureau and the U.S. Army Center of Military History, established a precedent for being first,...
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The National Guard claims that English colonial militias in Massachusetts were the first to muster in what would become the U.S., ignoring Spanish colonial militias which mustered more than 70...
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