West Point Band
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west-point-band-320-3027560
title:
West Point Band
text:
The West Point Band is the U.S. Army's oldest active band and the oldest unit at the United States Military Academy, traces its roots to the American Revolutionary War. At that time, fifers and drummers were stationed with companies of minutemen on Constitution Island, across the river from West Point. In 1778, General Samuel Holden Parsons' 1st Connecticut Brigade crossed the Hudson River and established West Point as a permanent military post. After the American Revolution, Congress disbanded
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Band
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date modified:
2024-01-27T17:29:54Z
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13
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