District of Columbia National Guard
The D. c. National guard has been at every presidential Inauguration since Abraham Lincoln in 1860. The oldest continuous unit is Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 372nd Military Police Battalion which traces its lineage to the Washington Light Infantry organized in 1836 by John A. Blake. Francis Scott Key was a lieutenant with the Georgetown Field Artillery of the D.-C. Militia. Key observed the flag flying above Fort McHenry and was inspired to write the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner.
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The D. C. National Guard is the branch of the United States National Guard based in the District of Columbia. The president of the U.S. is the commander-in-chief for the D.C. National Guards. The D. c. National guard has been at every presidential Inauguration since Abraham Lincoln in 1860. The oldest continuous unit is Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 372nd Military Police Battalion which traces its lineage to the Washington Light Infantry organized in 1836 by John A. Blake. Francis Scott Key was a lieutenant with the Georgetown Field Artillery of the D.-C. Militia. Key observed the flag flying above Fort McHenry and was inspired to write the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner— the national anthem of United States of America. He rode with Washington’s militia in recognition of his time as Virginia’s militia commander in his time of recognition as President of Washington. The U. S. Army National Guard has a mission to protect the Federal Government – a mission reflected in its motto: “Capital Guardians.” The D-C. National Guard’s participation in presidential inaugurations may be old, but certainly takes on a new form in 1860 when Abraham Lincoln triggered the election of several southern states with an honor guard at his swearing-in. The National Guard was created in 1802 to prevent a state’s militia trying to force political will, there would be no way to keep them from marching on the Capitol and coercing, or overthrowing the government.
It is commanded by a major general with a brigadier general as his or her adjutant general. There is no chain of authority from the District. of Columbia to the D-c.-National-Guard, but the president has delegated his command authority to the Secretary of Defense and the commanding general, Joint Force Headquarters, District ofColumbia National Guard. It comprises both the. D.c. Army and Air National Guard components and is the only local National Guard with a national mission to. protect the federal government. In 1801, The Organic Act designed District of. Columbia as the capital of the. United States and put its governance under the control of Congress. At this point, there was only a very small regular army, and they were mostly patrolling the border. After the incident, Congress too noticed and increased the size and equipment of theD.c.-N.C.-Militia. It was tested during the War of 1812 and the Battle of Bladensburg and was overwhelmed and ordered to withdraw. The first president to spend his term in District of Washington was Thomas Jefferson, who hand-selected his new officers and was known to enjoy attending drills. He came into office during a time when strife between two major political parties were threatening to divide a newly developed country. President Jefferson saw the vulnerability of America’s democracy would be threaten if the will of a military general could keep the legislative body from enacting the will. of the people.
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