107th Infantry Regiment (United States)

107th Infantry Regiment
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Active1922–1993
Country United States
AllegianceNew York
BranchNew York Army National Guard
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Silk Stocking Regiment
Motto(s)"Pro Patria et Gloria" (For Country and Glory)
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
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Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue, New York City, 1880, architect Charles W. Clinton.
The 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, later the 107th Infantry Regiment, marched off to war on 11 September 1917

The 107th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the New York Army National Guard. The regiment was formed in 1917 and disestablished in 1993.

The 107th traces its history to the Seventh Regiment of New York (or 7th New York Militia/7th Regiment New York State Militia). Known as the "Silk Stocking Regiment" for the high number of New York City's social elite among its ranks and its armory's location on Park Avenue in the Silk Stocking District of the Upper East Side,[1] it was established in 1806[2] in response to the blockade of New York Bay in April by warships of the British Navy, whose commanders claimed the right to detain and search American vessels and impress any British subjects serving on them.[3]

  1. ^ Lukasik, Sebastian Hubert, Military Service, Combat, and American Identity in the Progressive Era, p. 84 [1] "The 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard carried on its muster roles the names of so many scions of New York City's social prominent families that it was commonly known as the "Silk Stocking" or "Blue-Blood" Regiment."
  2. ^ "Guide to the Records of the 7th Regiment". The New York Historical Society. 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ^ Clark, Emmons (1890). History of the Seventh Regiment of New York, 1806-1889, vol. I. Seventh Regiment. pp. 44–49.