Militia (United States)
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The militia of the United States, as defined by the U.S. Congress, has changed over time. During colonial America, all able-bodied men of a certain age range were members of the militia, depending on
The U.S. ideal of the citizen soldier, in the militia, depicted by The Concord Minute Man of 1775, a monument created by Daniel Chester French and erected in 1875, in Concord, Massachusetts.
Colonial muster in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Braddock's defeat, 1755
The Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775. Blue coated militiamen in the foreground flee from the volley of gunshots from the red coated British Army line in the background with dead and wounded militiamen on the ground.
The National Guard is a military reserve organization of the United States Department of Defense. It is composed of reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force: the Ar
1953 postage stamp
Army National Guard soldiers at New York City's Penn Station in 2004
Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers reinforcing local law enforcement in protests in front of the Baltimore City Hall, 2015.