{"id":9978,"date":"2024-11-07T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=9978"},"modified":"2024-11-19T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T16:58:21","slug":"maryland-guard-soldiers-unveil-new-plaque-at-army-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2024\/11\/07\/maryland-guard-soldiers-unveil-new-plaque-at-army-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Guard Soldiers unveil new plaque at Army Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Story courtesy of 29th Infantry Division Public Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORT BELVOIR, VA \u2013 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers, veterans, and family members from the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, came together for the unveiling of the regiment\u2019s honorary plaque at the National Museum of the United States Army\u2019s Path of Remembrance, November 7, 2024.<\/p>\n


The unit, which was first formed in Baltimore prior to America\u2019s independence in 1774, saw action in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and during World War II in Normandy in the days following the D-Day landing. During the last two decades, the regiment took part in numerous deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the Global War on Terrorism.

\u201cIt\u2019s a good representation of the continuation of our unit\u2019s history of volunteering and accomplishing the mission all the way from the Revolutionary War through [the Global War on Terrorism] and in whatever the future holds,\u201d said Maryland Army National Guard Sgt. Nathan Ewing, an infantryman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment. \u201cThis plaque is a reminder that we\u2019re here, and we\u2019re ready for whatever mission we\u2019re called upon for.\u201d


Maryland Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Wesley \u201cDale\u201d Murray, 29th Infantry Division deputy commanding general – support, placed a wreath to honor the Soldiers who served the regiment, past and present.

\u201cThese Soldiers are inheriting a legacy of greatness, stretching back two hundred years,\u201d said Maryland Army National Guard Col. Bradley Martsching, commander of the 58th Troop Command. \u201cSeeing the past, present and future of our regiment represented here helps these Soldiers understand that legacy of greatness.\u201d

For family members of past and present Soldiers of the regiment, the new plaque is a physical reminder for the sacrifice and values of their loved ones.

\u201cIt\u2019s very touching because it represents the legacy of volunteering and service and the spirit of fighting for our freedoms and way of life,\u201d said Ursula B. Palmer, the surviving spouse of Maryland Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Collin Bowen, who was killed in action while serving with 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, in Afghanistan. \u201cMy husband\u2019s life was the price of that freedom, and the Soldiers who still decide to volunteer today are helping us to continue that American way of life and the freedoms we enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Story courtesy of 29th Infantry Division Public Affairs FORT BELVOIR, VA \u2013 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers, veterans, and family members from the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, came together for the unveiling of the regiment\u2019s honorary plaque at the National Museum of the United States Army\u2019s Path of Remembrance, November 7, 2024. The unit,  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":9986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9978"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9992,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9978\/revisions\/9992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}