page_title: 69th Infantry Regiment (New York)
section_title: 69th Regiment Armory
hierarchical_section_title: 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) / 69th Regiment Armory
caption_attribution_description: en:69th Regiment Armory, on Lexington Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets, looking south across Lexington Avenue and 26th Street, New York, New York. NYCLPC designation 1983. Guidebook map 8.
context_page_description: The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It is from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", a name said to have been given by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. An Irish heritage unit, as the citation from poet Joyce Kilmer illustrates, this unit is also nicknamed the "Fighting Irish", immortalized in Joyce Kilmer's poem When the 69th Comes Home. Between 1917 and 1992 it was also designated as the 165th Infantry Regiment. It is headquartered at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan.
  The regiment currently consists of a single light infantry battalion and is part of the 27th Infantry Brigade of the 42nd Infantry Division. Its history dates back to 1849, when it was created as the 9th Regiment New York State Militia, and A Company, 1/69 can trace roots back to the American Revolution as one of several National Guard units with colonial roots. The regiment has seen combat in five wars: the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War.
context_section_description: The main armory on Lexington Avenue at 25th Street has the names of its Civil War and World War I Battles engraved on its front.  A museum depicting history of the regiment is in the lobby and murals of the unit's past service adorn the mess rooms.  Prior to the unit's realignment to Long Island, Companies B & C were based at the Flushing Armory on Northern Blvd. in Flushing.  The Headquarters Company and Company A of 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry currently are stationed at the armory.
  On 12 April 1983, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the 69th Regiment Armory an official New York City landmark.  The armory was also the 1913 scene of one of the first exhibits of modern art in the US, now simply referred to as the Armory Show. It was even depicted on a US postage stamp.
  After the September 11, 2001, attacks, the armory was used as an information and counseling center for the families of the victims of the attacks.
caption: The armory of the 69th Infantry Regiment, at 68 Lexington Avenue in New York City
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