SARATOGA SPRINGS--James Gandy, librarian for the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs N.Y., holds the 150-year old diary kept by Confederate Army lieutenant James Malbone. Malbone wrote parts of the diary in a homemade code to keep private information about military movements, his sex life, and his musings about the possibility that Varina Davis the wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was of African-American ancestry. Malbone's code was recently broken by Queens College associate professor Kent Boklan a former National Security Agency-trained code breaker.
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Boston Globe -- Thu, 12 Jun 2025 30 Mass. National Guard troops with historic ties to Revolution marching in DC Army parade WASHINGTON Thirty National Guard soldiers from Massachusetts are in Washington this week, marching in Saturdays controversial and costly Army parade. They are members of the 1st Battalion,... (more)
WRVO -- Thu, 12 Jun 2025 Army National Guard soldiers from New York to march in Army anniversary parade More than 400 Army National Guardsmen from the 42nd Infantry Division will be taking part in the Armys 250th anniversary parade on Saturday. The division includes soldiers from Syracuse,... (more)
National Guard.mil -- Thu, 12 Jun 2025 New York Guard Soldiers Marching in Army's 250th Birthday Parade SYRACUSE, N.Y. More than 400 Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division will be among the 6,700 troops taking part in the Army's 250th anniversary parade... (more)