“It’s not a small thing,” she tells us. “and to watch those veterans stand up as we go past brings a tear to my eye every time.” For more information on the 145th Army Band, called the ...

The first ever Salvation Army band which played its first concert on Christmas Day 1879 in Consett, County Durham, is ...

To close the ceremony, Champagne thanked attendees for coming and introduced the final song the 399th Army Band played, “Route 66.” “Thank you for joining us this evening to commemorate the ...

However, Medley was able to play his part in an All-Negro Army Band, as it was called in the late 1940s in post-war Germany. "We knew we were good, and the German people liked us," said Medley.