United States Marine Band [ca.1930 -ongoing].

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United States Marine Band [ca.1930 -ongoing].

Collection contains program and publicity file.

2 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7501145

Museum of Performance & Design

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United States Marine Band

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Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Its mission is unique—to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. President John Adams invited the Marine Band to make its White House debut on New Year’s Day, 1801, in the then-unfinished Executive Mansion. In March of that year, the band performed for Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration and it is bel...