Citizen soldiers: the militia: the story of America's citizen soldiers shows that the militia and the second amendment are not obsolete. The populace at large will always fulfill essential militia functions.

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Citizen soldiers: the militia: the story of America's citizen soldiers shows that the militia and the second amendment are not obsolete. The populace at large will always fulfill essential militia functions.

When the English first landed in Virginia in 1607, they began a long process of transplanting their political, cultural, and military institutions to the New World. In addition to introducing their version of the Christian faith, they brought with them a traditional fear of a standing army, and a reverent faith in the common militia system.

The militia system, based upon universal military service for able-bodied men, played an integral part in the founding of America. Transplanted from England, but modified to meet the requirements of a new environment, it enabled colonists to subdue the native population and to defend British interests from foreign incursion. But beyond that, it imbued Americans with a sense of martial responsibility, and a love of freedom that ultimately enabled them to achieve independence and forge a new country out of what was once a community of loosely united colonies.

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