Two state representatives have asked for help from the Illinois National Guard. April 26, 2010 — -- Bringing rifle toting units of the National Guard into the streets of Chicago is not the ...

Gen. Rich Neely, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard. “Abraham Lincoln himself served in our ranks during the Black Hawk War years before he would serve ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL -- The Illinois National Guard will be celebrating 300 years in 2023. In a news release, they state on May 9, 1723, in the Village of Kaskaskia, Diron d' Artaguiette, the Inspector ...

It took a few years, but Adriana Schroeder dug deep and finally came up with the birth date for the Illinois National Guard. It turned out to be nearly a century before Illinois entered the Union.