DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. -- In 1776 Gen. George Washington issued an order to select men for his personal guard called the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, arming them with Brown Bess muskets. Today the Army ...
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- It was November of 1776 and for Gen. George Washington and his Continental Army the prospects of establishing a new country apart from British rule was looking bleak. After ...