Main Exhibit Hall

Origins

The four pedestals in our lobby represent the pre-World War I history of the regiments that would become the 1st Division. They illustrate changes to soldiers’ uniforms and weapons from the Revolutionary War through the 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition.

They include a Revolutionary War cannoneer from Alexander Hamilton’s battery—now the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery—the oldest unit serving in the US Army; a Civil War soldier from the 4th US Cavalry; a soldier from the 18th Infantry Regiment during the Philippine Insurrection; and a 16th Infantry Regiment soldier from the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916.

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