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A Salute to the Volunteer Corps

The Army Historical Foundation recently hosted its annual appreciation breakfast for the National Army Museum’s Volunteer Corps.

Charleville Musket 

By Matthew J. Seelinger  In the early years of the Revolutionary War, American militia forces and Continental troops demonstrated they had the will to take on the British Army, inflicting

From The President’s Desk:

Dear Members: On 19 April 1775, Sylvanus Wood stood at Lexington with the other minutemen, awaiting the British regulars marching to Concord. Wood was dressed in civilian clothes, as were

Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

On 20 July 1807, congressmen, department heads, military officers, and others gathered at a small, 4.5-acre cemetery in Square 1115 of Washington City, the fledgling capital of the new nation.