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The concert typically features performances by guest musicians, as well as the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the United States Army Presidential Salute Guns Battery, the U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own), the National Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Lundy and The Ministers of Music, U.S. Army Herald Trumpets and the Choral Arts Society ...
In response to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's call on April 15, 1861, for 75,000 volunteers, ten companies composing the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment were enrolled in late April 1861. On June 5, 1861, at Camp Anderson, Lancaster, Ohio , under the command of Colonel John M. Connell, the 17th Ohio's companies were mustered into service ...
The 17th Ohio Battery was organized in Dayton, Ohio, and mustered in August 21, 1862, for a three-year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A. Blount. The battery was attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to October 1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky, to November ...
Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment on 25 March 1920. It was amended to correct the blazon of the shield on 15 June 1920. It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 27 September 1944. It was redesignated for the 17th Artillery Regiment on 28 November 1958.
The 17th Division was reestablished in 1918 as a war service (National Army) division. The 17th Division included the 33rd Infantry Brigade (September 1918 – February 1919), with the 5th and 83rd Regiments, and the 34th Brigade with the 29th and 84th Regiments. [3] It also included the 17th Field Artillery Brigade. The 5th Infantry Regiment ...
[4] [5] 17th century traveler Evliya Çelebi noted that the Ottoman Empire had 40 guilds of musicians in the 1670s Istanbul. [6] Ottoman military bands influenced European equivalents. [7] Each regiment in the British Army maintained its own military band. Until 1749 bandsmen were civilians hired at the expense of the colonel commanding a regiment.
3rd Field Artillery Regiment. 2nd Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 1st Armored BCT, 1st Armored Division, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas [3] 5th Battalion is a rocket battalion assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington [4] 4th Field Artillery Regiment
In the Confederate States of America, "God Save the South" was the official national anthem. However, " Dixie " was the most popular. [ 17 ] United States President Abraham Lincoln said he loved "Dixie" and wanted to hear it played, saying "as we had captured the rebel army, we had also captured the rebel tune". [ 22 ]