Virginia National Guard Historical Foundation

09/29/2025

09/24/2025

09/11/2025

Virginia National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and civilian employees gather to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2025, at the 1 World Trade Center service elevator pulley historical display outside the VNG Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, Lt. Col. Brett Johnson, the VNG full-time support chaplain, and retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Al Barnes, the VNG command historian, provided remarks and thoughts of remembrance during the ceremony. Read about the dedication of the World Trade Center elevator pulley display on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 at https://vngpao.info/2p88834e.

09/07/2025

A great ceremony and a great day for the VANG to bring this historic unit back on line

09/04/2025

The Virginia National Guard will celebrate the official return of the 29th Division Artillery at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the Virginia War Memorial, located at 621 S. Belvidere Street in

08/31/2025

After being missing in action for 81 years, U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor Darrell Thornton of Ridgeway was identified and laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, Aug. 15. Thornton, 34, was killed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944 — D-Day. He was assigned to Company H, 2nd Ba...

08/16/2025

The remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, of Martinsville, Virginia, killed during World War II, will be interred Aug. 15 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.