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Massachusetts Guard soldiers cut their 370th anniversary cake with a traditional sword.

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National Guard Observes 370th Anniversary

The National Guard is 139 years older than the U.S. Army and more than 300 years older than the Air Force.

“Our colonial forefathers could not have imagined much of what their descendants can use in combat duty—jet fighters, tanks, satellite radios, laser-guided munitions, global positioning systems, rocket artillery, and countless other high-tech devices,” the Guard noted in an official 370th anniversary statement last year.

The National Guard traces its lineage in 19 “generations” of 20 years each: “Generation seven rallied to battle the British at Lexington and Concord. Generation 12 faced off, brother against brother, in the Civil War. Generation 14 ‘Remembered the Maine’ during the Spanish-American War. Generation 16 was already on duty when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Generation 19 will never forget and is still responding to 9/11.”
Massachusetts Guard soldiers cut their 370th anniversary cake with a traditional sword.

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From the September/October 2007 issue of Serviam.