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| Vanguard America was a White Nationalist Neo Nazi Neo Fascist Organization and a member of the [[Nationalist Front]]. The group has its alt-right roots in the alt-right movement and gained significant attention from the marches at the Charlottesville [[Unite the Right Rally]] in 2017.
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| == History ==
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| Vangaurd America first initially gained coverage in 2016 when Dillon Irizarry at a Neo-Nazi gathering in Pikeville, Kentucky, stating that he was the leader of the group and had 200 members in 20 states. Irizarry would go on to say that the group was founded in 2015 in California and he had taken over leadership instead of founding it. Irizarry was a Marine who had served in Afghanistan. He claimed that many of the other members were also veterans. stating that cells were taking place in many different states counting Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. In July of 2017 Vangaurd America has established a Woman's Division.
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| In June of 2017 the group held the "Texas is Ours" Rally in Austin, Texas and during the event the leader of the Southern Branch at the time. Thomas Rousseau gave a speech talking negatively about the current Vanguard America leader at the time Dillon Hopper. After the rally Hopper began to engage in a public feud with Rousseau, accusing him of portraying himself as the leader of Vanguard America.
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| The group had its fair presence in Charlottesville during the [[Unite the Right Rally]] in 2017 led by Thomas Rousseau while Hopper was entirely absent from this event.
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