Company No. 7: Virginia Reserve Militia.
(Realia)

RG 90 is arranged into one subgroup. Subgroup one relates to the Virginia Reserve Militia, Arlington County, and includes both manuscript material and artifacts.

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In 1941, the Virginia Protective Force (VPF) formed and had as its main responsibility the activities associated with aiding citizens during national emergencies. The Virginia Reserve Militia units had much of the same responsibilities as the VPF and added the responsibility for international threats on American soil. In 1942, the Governor of Virginia, Colgate Darden, authorized the Reserve Militia Program. Darden authorized these militia units to fill the gap in the National Defense Plan. The first call for a reserve militia in Arlington County came on June 30, 1942 at a meeting of the Arlington/Fairfax chapter of the Isaac Walton League. At the meeting on August 31, 1942 in addition to the conversations at several previous meetings, Arlington County mustered into service Company No. 7.

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