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Old Guard State Fencibles, city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
Old Guard State Fencibles, city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

Old Guard State Fencibles, city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1813 - 1981
The Old Guard State Fencibles, "a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia and continued as a unit in the National Guard until independent battalions were abolished around 1900. The unit then was chartered as a Philadelphia quasi-military unit and continued as a social club.