March 16 in Firearms History

3 dates for gun owners on March 16

  • Remembered 2
  • Anniversary 1
  1. Remembered1926 · 100 years ago

    Sergeant Stubby – Died (10)

    Sergeant Stubby

    1916 – March 16, 1926

    • the most decorated war dog of WWI
    •  the only dog to be nominated for rank and then promoted to sergeant through combat
    • served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment
    • He entered combat on February 5, 1918
    • in the trenches in France for 8 months
    • participated in 17 battles
    • warned his unit of poison gas attacks
    • located wounded soldiers in no man's land
    • captured a German spy
    • April 1918 wounded in the foreleg by German hand grenade


  2. Remembered1926 · 100 years ago

    Sgt Stubby – Died (10)

    Sergeant Stubby

    1916 – March 16, 1926

    • the most decorated war dog of WWI
    •  the only dog to be nominated for rank and then promoted to sergeant through combat
    • served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment
    • He entered combat on February 5, 1918
    • in the trenches in France for 8 months
    • participated in 17 battles
    • warned his unit of poison gas attacks
    • located wounded soldiers in no man's land
    • captured a German spy
    • April 1918 wounded in the foreleg by German hand grenade
    • 1918 met President Woodrow Wilson on Christmas Day
    • July 6, 1921 General John J. Pershing decorated Stubby with a gold medal on behalf of the Humane Education Society in Washington, D.C.
    • 1921 - received at the White House by President Warren G. Harding
    • 1924 - received at the White House by President Calvin Coolidge
    • Memorial Day 2018 - Life-size bronze statue unveiled in Middletown, Connecticut
      - CT Trees of Honor Memorial

    https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=stubby&


  3. Anniversary2011 · 15 years ago

    M1911 pistol Adopted as State Gun of UT

    Utah Adopts the M1911 pistol as State Gun of UT

    1st state to adopt a state gun (out of just 11 states so far)

    March 16, 2011

    Utah M1911 pistol

    • 1st = Utah - March 16, 2011 - M1911 pistol
    • 2nd = Arizona - April 28, 2011 - Colt Single Action Army revolver
    • 3rd = Indiana - March 6, 2012 (final passage; signed March 15) - Grouseland Rifle
    • 4th = West Virginia - April 5, 2013 - Hall Model 1819 flintlock rifle
    • 5th = Kentucky - June 25, 2013 - Kentucky long rifle
    • 6th = Pennsylvania - June 26, 2014 - Pennsylvania long rifle
    • 7th = Alaska - July 2014 - Winchester Model 70 rifle
    • 8th = Tennessee - February 24, 2016 - Barrett M82 rifle
    • 9th = Arkansas - April 5, 2019 - Shotgun
    • 10th = Texas - May 24, 2021 - Colt Walker revolver
    • 11th = Missouri - July 6, 2023 - Hawken rifle
    • Texas adds a second state gun - May 29, 2025 - Cannon
    • Idaho - November 3, 2026 - Winchester Model 1873 wins an advisory vote (not yet law)

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