2020 Wreaths Across America Ceremony
Saturday December 19th, 2020 the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard attended the Wreaths Across America ceremony held at the Marietta City Cemetery Confederate […]
2020 Annual Business Meeting
On December 2nd, 2020 we held our annual business meeting at the Elk’s Lodge; were we had 19 members in attendance. This evening we welcomed […]
AJC Article – Confederate memorials in metro Atlanta
Thought you all would like to see the latest regarding the monuments. Hope to See you all on Wednesday v/r, Martin A. Howley (Article may […]
Gate City Guard Flag at AHC (Updated)
Shared by COL Dietrichs – Updated with an excerpt from an article detailing the arrival of our captured flag in Ft. Wayne Indiana in 1861 […]
Balloons of Fire & Why was the discovery of the jet stream largely ignored?
This month’s history talk was presented by Col. Henry Taylor. Henry was kind enough to share some of his background information from the May 2020 […]
85th Centennial Legion Annual Meeting
Coming up October 22-25, 2020 in Gettysburg, PA. Here’s the latest flyer from COL. Corsetti. HELPFUL LINKS RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE NOW Eisenhower Hotel & […]
1884-1879 Gate City Guard Photos
Shared by COL John Dietrichs … Folks – I’ve come across a copy of a 19th c. photograph of a Gate City Guardsman that was […]
April 10, 1865 – Lee’s Farewell
From COL Dietrich Many of you know that I am the President of the Atlanta Civil War Round Table this year. Just wrote and sent […]
Origin of the Old Guard – Napoleon
The Oldest Old Guard Belt Buckle Of historical interest to The Old Guard – Many of you know the origin of our name in 1893 […]
Gate City Guard Exhibit
If your not familiar with a wonderful collection of Old Guard memorabilia on display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in […]