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CREATED:20151030T100302
SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: Virginia National Guard & General Pancho Villa
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DESCRIPTION:The Virginia War Memorial has unveiled a special exhibit documenting the ro
 le of the Virginia National Guard in the pursuit of Mexican General Pancho 
 Villa following his incursion into Texas. As a result of their service ther
 e, the VNG was one of the first units trained and ready to be sent to Europ
 e upon the United State’s entry into WWI.\nIn 1916, most Americans watched 
 the war in Europe with increasing concern, unaware there was a fire burning
  much closer to their own border. On the night of March 8 1916, Pancho Vill
 a, commanding several hundred Mexican revolutionaries, crossed the United S
 tates border and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico. Seven days late
 r, General John Pershing led the first column of U.S. troops after Villa. R
 egular Army units moved to the border to take up defensive positions and la
 ter moved down into Mexico to protect Pershing’s supply lines.\nPresident W
 oodrow Wilson realized in order to secure the U.S. border with Mexico and p
 revent further raids, it would require the use of National Guard units. Thi
 s call up included National Guard units from nearly every state in the Unio
 n including Virginia.\nForbidden by U.S. law from crossing into Mexico, the
  Guard units had to maintain a defensive position and assume the role of bo
 rder guards. Virginia contributed infantry and artillery regiments, a caval
 ry squadron and several companies of engineers and signal troops. All total
 , there were nearly four thousand Virginians deployed to camps in southern 
 Texas near the Mexican border for almost a year. Though the guard’s time on
  the border was relatively uneventful, the action prepared the US Military 
 including Virginia National Guard for its upcoming roll in World War I, les
 s than a year later.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Virginia War Memorial has unveiled a special exhibit documenting the
  role of the Virginia National Guard in the pursuit of Mexican General Panc
 ho Villa following his incursion into Texas. As a result of their service t
 here, the VNG was one of the first units trained and ready to be sent to Eu
 rope upon the United State’s entry into WWI.</p><p>In 1916, most Americans 
 watched the war in Europe with increasing concern, unaware there was a fire
  burning much closer to their own border. On the night of March 8 1916, Pan
 cho Villa, commanding several hundred Mexican revolutionaries, crossed the 
 United States border and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico. Seven d
 ays later, General John Pershing led the first column of U.S. troops after 
 Villa. Regular Army units moved to the border to take up defensive position
 s and later moved down into Mexico to protect Pershing’s supply lines.<br /
 >President Woodrow Wilson realized in order to secure the U.S. border with 
 Mexico and prevent further raids, it would require the use of National Guar
 d units. This call up included National Guard units from nearly every state
  in the Union including Virginia.<br />Forbidden by U.S. law from crossing 
 into Mexico, the Guard units had to maintain a defensive position and assum
 e the role of border guards. Virginia contributed infantry and artillery re
 giments, a cavalry squadron and several companies of engineers and signal t
 roops. All total, there were nearly four thousand Virginians deployed to ca
 mps in southern Texas near the Mexican border for almost a year. Though the
  guard’s time on the border was relatively uneventful, the action prepared 
 the US Military including Virginia National Guard for its upcoming roll in 
 World War I, less than a year later.</p>
X-EXTRAINFO:Learn more about the exhibition: http://vaguard.dodlive.mil/2015/11/02/8205
 /
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