Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 07.25.2022
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York --The replacement of a 99-year-old granite cornerstone plaque of the New York National Guard's Harlem Armory drill floor, exposed a mystery when contractors found a sealed copper box inside the stone on Feb. 19, 2022. The armory, home of the New York Army National Guard's 369th Sustainment Brigade, was built to house the 369th Infantry Regiment -the drill hall in......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 02.01.2019
Saratoga Springs, NY — The African-American Soldiers of the New York National Guard's 15th Infantry Regiment didn't get a parade when they left for World War I in 1917. There were New York City parades for the Guardsmen of the 27th Division and the 42nd Division and the draftee Soldiers of the 77th Division. But when the commander of the 15th Infantry asked to march with the 42nd -......
