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  • 1st Brigade Band tunes up for new generation

    05/03/2012 6:23:52 AM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 16 replies
    JS Online ^ | 5-2-12 | Meg Jones
    Watertown - Back when "The Star Spangled Banner" was simply a patriotic song, when community bands marched off to war together and drummer boys died on battlefields still clutching their drumsticks, a group of young men from a small Wisconsin town played the soundtrack of the Civil War. They left behind no recordings. But their music can still be heard. Through the efforts of another hearty band, the tradition of young musicians whose patriotic fervor spurred them to join the Union Army and leave behind their families continues in Wisconsin. The 1st Brigade Band is a group of around 100...