First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Flag
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Flag First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry known widely as the First City Troop, was originally organized as the Light Horse of the City of Philadelphia at a meeting conducted at Carpenters’ Hall on November 17, 1774. A purely volunteer cavalry troop, it is the oldest mounted military unit in the country’s history. The founders – mostly individuals of conspicuous prominence engaged...read more