Birth of a militia: Men in uniform Harri Leigh
To keep the peace, they dress for war.
“If you re an average civilian walking down the street and you walk up on me and I m carrying a battle rifle, I m carrying seven magazines, a sidearm in military garb. Would you be scared? Damn right, you would. And sometimes that s needed,” said Christian Yingling, founder of the newly-formed Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. “Not being scared, but not being brazen either.”
Previous to the Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, Yingling was the leader of one company of the Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia.
The Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia is associated with the national Light Foot Militia, which the ACLED classifies as having a low history of and moderate potential for violence.
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NEW BOOK Douglas Miller, a native of Steubenville, is the author of the recently published book “The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure.” Contributed
Douglas Miller’s continued interest in his hometown of Steubenville was apparent from the moment he answered his telephone.
“How is the weather there?” Miller asked while speaking from the Los Angeles suburb of Studio City.
When told that we were experiencing below-normal temperatures, had about 6 inches of snow on the ground and were looking at a forecast that at the time called for as much as 18 additional inches of snow in the following week, he said he remembered that type of weather well.