#OTD during #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarII , Nazi Germany unconditionally surrenders to the Allied Powers. #VEDay celebrations erupted across the nation. National Guard played a key role in defeating Hitler.

The Nat'l Guard Museum is proud to display the diary of Capt. Edward Lingo of the National Guard New Mexico National Guard's 200th Coast Artillery in our latest blog post. His diary chronicles the torturous Bataan Death March and his life as a POW. #NationalGuard #WWII
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The Nat'l Guard Museum honors National Guard Indiana Army National Guard Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor in our May Minuteman Minute. IAVA #NationalGuard
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#thisweek in #history Former IL National Guard militiaman and Civil War era President Abraham Lincoln is shot Ford's Theatre NPS in Washington DC by assassin John Wilkes Booth.

Lincoln died the following day, April 15th.
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#OTD in #History , 1862, slavery was abolished in #WashingtonDC . “I trust I am not dreaming,” #FrederickDouglass joyously reacted. But the act was “not only a staggering blow to slavery...but a killing blow to the rebellion—and the beginning of the end for both.” #EmancipationDay

Today is also the 162nd #anniversary of the Great Locomotive Chase. CMH put together a good synopsis of this trailblazing special operation during the American #civilwar #civilwar history.

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#OnThisDay in 1861, Confederate forces fired on federally occupied Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The attack instigates the Civil War, which became America's bloodiest conflict. #civilwar SC National Guard Emerging Civil War

#OTD in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died and Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President at 7:09 p.m. This photo shows the swearing-in ceremony and many of the Cabinet officers and others present. catalog.archives.gov/id/338954914

#OnThisDayInHistory #nationalguard , National Guard National Guard forces began surrendering to Japanese forces in Bataan. The Japanese abuse American POWS along a route that became known as the 'Bataan Death March.' #YouAreNotForgotten #WWII

#OTD in #History 1913, the 17th Amendment was ratified. Senators had been chosen by statehouses thought corrupt. But as Rep. William Jennings Bryan argued, if people 'have enough intelligence' to elect a 'State legislature…they have enough intelligence to choose' their Senators.

#OnThisDate in #NationalGuard #History in 1968, #MLK was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

His death caused riots in American cities. National Guard mobilized to respond to this national emergency, while the manhunt for King's killer commenced. District of Columbia National Guard MD National Guard

#OnThisDate in #NationalGuard #History in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is founded. #NATO

NATO exists to this day as a military alliance between 32 countries in North America and Europe (including the United States) Missouri National Guard Truman Library U.S. Mission to NATO

The latest blog post by our intern, Sam, investigates Christopher Lippitt of the RI National Guard.

But who is Christopher Lippitt and why was his name mentioned in the mobilization order featured in the Nat'l Guard Museum? #revolutionarywar #history

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In our April Minuteman Minute here Nat'l Guard Museum, we cover the story of National Guard Beckwith Havens and the first NY National Guard Air National Guard unit. NYS Military Museum New York State Museum National WWI Museum

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The Bataan Death March involving the
New Mexico National Guard National Guard National Guard happened 82 years ago this month.

This CNN article gives a detailed account of this historic WWII war crime. National WWII Museum WWII Memorial Friends #WWII

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We are saddened to hear of the passing of Lou Conter, the last survivor of the USS Arizona. We remember all of our brave World War II veterans and the sacrifices they made.

Remember Pearl Harbor Plaque: fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/2622/r…

Registration for the 146th General Conference & Exhibition is OPEN! All the information and latest news can be found here:
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The Nat'l Guard Museum will be closed on Friday, March 29, in observance of Good Friday. We will re-open at 9:00 AM on Monday, April 1.

26 – 28 MARCH 1862 – BATTLE OF GLORIETA PASS

In the decisive battle of the Civil War’s New Mexico campaign, a Union force engaged Confederate troops at Glorieta Pass, destroying the rebel baggage train and forcing them to retreat and abandon the campaign.
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Happy Maryland Day MD National Guard and National Guard Association of Maryland!

''Today is Maryland Day, a day marking the arrival of English settlers at an island they named St. Clement’s in 1634 in what is now St. Mary’s County.' #Maryland Day #Maryland

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