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Semper Paratus is the title of the song and is also the U.S. Coast Guard's official motto.The precise origin of the phrase is obscure, although the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office notes the first use was by the New Orleans Bee newspaper in 1836, in reference to the actions of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service during the Ingham incident.
Now that he had lyrics and music, Van Boskerck was ready to publish "Semper Paratus". Later in 1927, he traveled to the East Coast and was named commandant of the Norfolk Division. While attending a dance held by the League of Coast Guard Women in Norfolk, he had the nine-piece orchestra play "Semper Paratus" in public for the first time. [3]
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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United States Coast Guard - Latin: Semper Paratus, lit. 'Always Ready' (The Latin motto is also the name of the USCG service song, 'Semper Paratus' composed in 1927) Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) - ‘Nox Noctis est Nostr’ (The Night is Ours) Office of Search and Rescue - ‘So Others May Live’
The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps performing the Armed Forces Medley at the Friends of the National World War II Memorial.. The Armed Forces Medley, also known as the Armed Forces Salute is today recognized as a collection of the official marchpasts/songs of the 6 services of the United States Armed Forces: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. [1]
"Semper Paratus" is also the motto of Galt Collegiate Institute (GCI) in Cambridge, Ontario, the first high school in Canada to become a Collegiate Institute (established 1852). Semper Paratus is the motto of the Essex and Kent Scottish of the Canadian Army formed in 1954 through the amalgamation of The Essex Scottish Regiment and The Kent ...
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