Portal:Philadelphia/Selected picture/July 2009

Drawing of Captain Joseph Lapsley Wilson of the Philadelphia First City Troop circa 1894.

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The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry is a unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and is the oldest continuously serving unit in the United States military. Also known as the First City Troop, it was one of the first patriotic military organizations established in the American Revolution. It was organized in 1774 as the Light Horse of the City of Philadelphia, often referred to as the Philadelphia Light Horse.