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“The Racine, WI American Legion Post No. 76 drum and bugle corps, more commonly known as The Boys of 76, trace their roots back to 1916 when the Wisconsin National Guard created new units in anticipation of a war with Mexico.”
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“In 1946, Monsignor John Kiley formed a parade corps for the boys and girls of the Blessed Sacrament Parish on Clinton Avenue in Newark, New Jersey at the corner of Van Ness Place.”
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“In late 1945, Joe Sedlack formed the Hamilton American Legion Post 20 Senior Drum and Bugle Corps from returning veterans of World War II. Most of these veterans had marched with the Hamilton Squadron and other junior corps of Baltimore and the surrounding region before trooping off to war.” …
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“How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me?”
Psalms 116:12
With this prayer as his life-time guide, Father Edward F. Wojtycha, of Polish
descent, knocked on the door of the Irish parish of St. Vincent de Paul in the
oil city of Bayonne, NJ to introduce himself to the paster, Father Joseph F.
Dolan, as his new assistant.
Little did either of them realize how he would forever change the city and parish.” …