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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps marches in Colonial style red coated uniforms—to be "better seen through the smoke of battle"; the uniforms also include cocked hats and white powdered wigs. The drum major of the Fife and Drum Corps traditionally bears an espontoon [ 11 ] (a historic pike-like weapon) in his right hand to direct and command ...
The CINC Guard CO at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia The original Commander-in-Chief's Guard, from which Company A claims nominal lineage, was authorized on March 11, 1776 and organized the next day at Cambridge, Massachusetts as the bodyguard and personal escort to Gen. George Washington.
The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform during a State Arrival Ceremony held on the South Lawn of the White House.. The musicians of this unit recall the fifes and drums from the days of the American Revolution as they perform in uniforms patterned after those worn by the musicians of Gen. George Washington's Continental Army.
Red Guard leaders, led by Nie Yuanzi, also gave speeches. [1] A high school Red Guard leader, Song Binbin, placed a red armband inscribed with the characters for "Red Guard" on the chairman, who stood for six hours. [1] The 8-18 Rally, as it was known, was the first of eight receptions the Chairman gave to Red Guards in Tiananmen in the fall of ...
Members of the United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, United States Marine Band and the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps wear red coats for performances at the White House and elsewhere. This is a rare survival of the common 18th-century practice of having military bandsmen wear coats in reverse colors to the rest of a given ...
The Four Olds were 'old ideas', 'old culture', 'old customs', and 'old habits'. [ a ] [ 2 ] During the Red August of 1966, shortly after the onset of the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards' campaign to destroy the Four Olds began amid the massacres being carried out in Beijing.
The Red Guards were American "Marxist–Leninist–Maoist collectives of community organizers and mass workers" [1] originating in Los Angeles and Austin with other branches operating in Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Charlotte, as well as St. Louis and San Marcos, under the distinct titles of Red Path Saint Louis and San Marcos Revolutionary Front respectively.
The US Army assigned Moore to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, best known as the historic “The Old Guard” or Honor Guard sentinel. [1] The US Army sent Moore to Fort Myer, Virginia for Honor Guard training. [1] The company comprises an escort platoon, a casket platoon, a firing party and a continental color guard. [2]