Fourth Battalion Band, Minnesota Home Guard, c.1918.

Members of Company A, Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard, ca.1918. Standing at right is Captain Clarence Wigington, who petitioned the governor to allow the formation of an African American unit. To his left is Lieutenant Homer Goins. Seated (L to R) are Dr. George Berry and Sergeant William Griffin. The remaining pictured are unidentified.

Members of the Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard, c.1918. After petitioning the governor, African American citizens formed their own battalion in order to serve.

Members of the Minnesota Home Guard at Camp Pershing, c.1918.

A Minnesota Home Guard Band, c.1918.

A full Battalion of Minnesota Home Guard at Glenwood Park, Minneapolis, 1918.

The fires in Northeastern Minnesota killed over 450 people in October of 1918. Along with providing security and relief services, members of the Minnesota Home Guard buried the dead.

Minnesota Home Guard Camp during the fires of 1918.

Governor Burnquist with officers of the Minnesota Home guard and Motor Corps, c.1918.

Company A of the Third Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard, from Duluth, 1917.