Pennsylvania National Guard 112th Infantry Regiment
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
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Organized in 1921, the 112th is part of the famed 28th Div., the oldest continuous infantry division in the US Army. The 112th, previously known as the 16th, has origins in the storied 83rd PVI regiment formed in Erie in 1861 during the Civil War. It served in the Spanish-American War, WWI, and Iraq and was awarded Presidential Unit Citations in WWII and Korea. For 90 years 112th units served at Erie Armory, a National Register-listed property.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
The 112th Infantry Regiment traces its lineage to the 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, raised in Erie in 1861 as the Civil War began. Reorganized over the decades, it became part of the 28th Division, the oldest continuously serving infantry division in the U.S. Army, and its soldiers fought in the Spanish-American War, both World Wars, Korea, and Iraq. For ninety years those units mustered at the Erie Armory, a building now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Why it matters
The regiment's long service links a single Pennsylvania community to nearly every major American conflict since the Civil War, embodying the citizen-soldier tradition of the National Guard.
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