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 -......
Story by Maj. Angela King-Sweigart | Fort Indiantown Gap | 05.20.2016
It’s a mystery how and if a famed WW I band’s drum stayed in Harrisburg for nearly 100 years before discovery. And it’s one that Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum curator Charlie Oellig hopes someone can help solve....