Bands (Music)

129th Field Artillery Band, at the parade in honor of the return of the 129th Field Artillery from France to Kansas City, Missouri. From: 35th Division Collection.

Band on the steps of a building leading to the speakers' stand during Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to Columbia, South Carolina. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by Clyde Rish of Cayce, South Carolina.

Series of black and white snapshots of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. St. Nazaire. 1st Army Service Corp Band. Camp Lusitania.

The Highlighters, Fort Knox Universal Military Training band practicing for a Special Service show. From a red leather bound album of photos of the Fort Knox Experiment. A gift from John M. Devine, Brigadier General, U.S.A.

Police escort for Harry S. Truman and party on the occasion of Winston Churchill and President Truman's visit to Fulton, Missouri. Churchill is in the first car, standing in the back seat on the right. President Truman is standing on the left, obscured by the Secret Service man standing on the running boards of the car. A marching band performs along the right side of the street.

General scene of the crowd, looking towards the band, at the Fourth of July 1960 celebration at the Truman Presidential Library.

United States Air Force Officers and Air Force Band during the 1949 inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Color Guard, Band, and Cadets of the John Marshall High School of Virginia in the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

The band and Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy in inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman (right, at microphone) speaks to a group on the courthouse steps in Independence, Missouri during the celebration of Truman's victory in the 1948 presidential election. The high school band is seated in the foreground.