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Louis Johnston's avatar

There's a brand new article in The New York Times about Army musicians and includes some history: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/arts/music/military-bands-west-point-army.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE0.GbiA.6VwPcHZ5lmSY&smid=url-share

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George Shurr's avatar

I agree with the importance of local specific place connections. One of my great-grandfathers who homesteaded near our family farm in southwestern MN, was a courier during the Civil War and he had a close friend who played fife during the conflict. Later the two veterans homesteaded just one mile apart in the early 1870s.

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