National Guard's 385th birthday is Dec. 13: Learn more about its founding
December 13, 1636 marks the beginning of the first regiments — and the oldest organized units are symbolic of all the militias that collectively make up today's National Guard
By Maureen Mackey | Fox News
December 13, 2021, marks the 385th birthday of the National Guard.
On this date in 1636, "the first militia regiments in North America were organized in Massachusetts," as the Guard itself notes on its website.
Here's more detail from the same source as well as the National Guard celebrates its birthday and is recognized and appreciated for all its hard work to protect and defend our country, including during the very toughest of times.
—Based on an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court, the colony's militia was organized into three permanent regiments to better defend the colony.
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