| 1637
- Petition to the General Court of Massachusetts to establish
a military organization
1638 - Charter
granted to form the Military Company of Massachusetts
1659 - Company uses new Town
House as its Headquarters through the Will of Captain
Robert Keayne
1686 - Governor of New England
Edmund Andros disrupts life and the government of Boston,
including the work of the Company
1690 - First time the Company
is called the "Artillery Company"
1711 - The Town House burns
and is replaced by the Town and Province House, now called
the Old State House
1737 - Company referred to
as this "ancient and honorable artillery company"
1742 - A new market building
with a meeting room is built on the dock area, funded by Peter
Faneuil and named Faneuil
Hall in his honor
1746 - The Company moves to
Faneuil Hall
1775 - The War of Independence
begins on April 19th and many members are called to duty in
their respective militias which later is known as the Continental
Army
1776 - The Declaration of Independence
is read from the balcony of the Old State House by a member
of the Company, a tradition that carries on today [July
4th Parade]
1787 - Shays Rebellion finds
that the Company is the only Boston militia ready and equipped
to go West
1805 - Faneuil Hall is quadrupled
in size, adding a fourth floor drill hall for the militia
and the Company
1812 - War with Britain finds
Company members inducted into Federal Service
1847 - War with Mexico finds
Brigadier General Caleb Chase, a member of the Company, recognized
for distinguished service
1861 - Civil War draws many
members to Federal service
1885 - Members of the Company
escort President
Chester Arthur at laying of cornerstone of Washington
Monument
1886 - First anniversary of
Washington Monument begins an annual celebration now called
Presidents' Day
1896 - Many members of the
Company sail to London for a visit with the
Honorable Artillery Company of London
1903 - The Honorable Artillery
Company visits the Company in America in a gala event
1917 - Many members of the
Company are called to duty for World War I
1937 - Company members take
part in 400th anniversary of the
Honorable Artillery Company of London
1941 - World War II sees many
members of the Company called to war; in 1943 members hold
a War Bond campaign that raises enough money to buy two bombers
for the European Theater
1975 - The Bicentennial of
the United States is celebrated with Company members serving
as official escort to Queen on her visit to Boston
1988 - The 350th Anniversary
of the Company welcomes members from the Honorable Artillery
Company of London
2003 - Some 300-plus members
of the Honorable
Artillery Company of London visited Boston for June Day
in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of its maiden visit
to Massachusetts
2006 - Members of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Compay travel to the Vatican to celebrate
the 500th Anniversary of the Swiss Guard. The Swiss Guard
is the oldest charted military organization in the world.
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