The Governor's Horse Guard of Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 are a unit of the State Defense Forces

State Defense Forces

State defense forces in the United States are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government; they are partially regulated by the National Guard Bureau but they are not a part of the Army National Guard of the United States...

. They consist of two companies.

History

The First Company was created in 1788 as the Independent Volunteer Troop of Horse Guards in Hartford. A second company was created in 1808 in New Haven. Both were created to serve and protect the governor between his travels between New Haven and Hartford.

External links

• First Company website http://www.govhorseguards.org/
• Second Company website http://www.thehorseguard.org/