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5 unusual facts about Ohio Army National Guard


174th Brigade

174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States), a major subordinate command of the Ohio Army National Guard located in Columbus, Ohio.

James A. Rhodes Arena

The decision to name the arena after former governor Rhodes was highly controversial as he ordered the Ohio National Guard to nearby Kent State University prior to the May 4, 1970 shootings.

Ohio Army National Guard

The 1st Ohio Volunteers comprised part of the army under Gen. Zachary Taylor and took part in the battlefield victories of Monterrey and Buena Vista.

Ohio militia also played a role in the efforts of Gen. William Henry Harrison to re-capture Fort Detroit and decisively defeat the British at the Battle of the Thames.

The decisive victory of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794), outside of present day Toledo and the subsequent Treaty of Greenville (1795) removed the combined British-Indian military threat to Ohio settlers for the time being.


Allison Krause

Allison Beth Krause (April 23, 1951 – May 4, 1970) was an honor student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, when she was shot and killed by the Ohio Army National Guard in the Kent State shootings, while protesting against the invasion of Cambodia and the presence of the National Guard on the Kent State campus.


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