Gregorian calender date of 13 December is considered the birthday of the Army National Guard in the United States.  However, the ‘official’ creation of the National Guard predates the creation of the United States by more than one hundred years!

In 1636, the European colony in Salem, Massachusetts, decreed the creation of a militia requiring every male to be a member.  Of course elite politicians and judges were exempted.

377 years later members of the National Guard are still being ordered to war by the exempted elites of the United States!