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Origin of the United States Marine Band A Modern Legend
Article traces the band’s origins from a Sicily voyage legend to the 1788 act creating a drum and fife corps. It notesNaples importation of musicians in 1798 and key leadership changes through 1871, with Open Air concerts at the White House and Capitol boosting fame.
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Romance
United States Marine Band
McNeil
Boston
America
United State Marine Band
Captain McNeil
Mediterranean
Sicily
Clover Quarters
MacNeal
Washington
Marine Corps
Archibald Yenderson
Naples
Marine Band
Lexington
Eatins Friquet
Franz Schenig
Francis Scala
Haputa
Scala
THS A
Francisco Scala
White
Capitol
Congress
Lincoln
United States
William H. Samtelmann
Marines Band
McKinley
Santelmann
Navy
Washington Marine Barracks
Leaders of Washington Society