Monthly Archives: February 2012

Episode 022: Geneseo Knights

“The origin of the Knights actually goes back to a Boy Scout corps formed in the 1930s in Kewanee, Illinois. The American Legion Post took over sponsorship and the corps became a Sons of the American Legion junior corps, competing through 1942 when World War II took most of its members.”

 

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Episode 021: Rochester Crusaders

“One of the many corps founded after WWII, the Crusaders were actually started as the Hilton, NY Fire Department Drum and Bugle Corps in 1947.” …

 

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Episode 020: Norwood Park Imperials

“The Norwood Park Drum and Bugle Corps was formed in 1928 by William Widmayer, who was their director and first instructor.” …

 

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Episode 019: Sky Ryders

“While the history of the Hutchinson, Kansas Sky Ryders begins in 1955, the story really began 32 years earlier when the local American Legion post started a senior drum and bugle corps.”

 

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