A line of Minutemen being fired upon by British troops in the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts.
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December 13th is the birthday of the National Guard. On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s General Court, the colony’s militia was organized into three permanent regiments to better defend the colony.
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