Corps Named for Physical Structures?

[ironlips]

What corps have been named for physical structures - like the Bridgemen for the Bayonne Bridge, or the Bushwackers for the bar with the same name?

The Long Island Sunrisers, formed in the early '50s, were named after a major traffic artery that ran from the Queens/Nassau County border, towards the newly settled suburbs in the hinterlands of eastern Long Island. Every morning, the construction workers looked directly into the dawn's early light as they continued their incremental progress on the Sunrise Highway.

The Blue Devils were named for the most prominent geographical feature in Concord, a mountain the Spaniards called "Diablo".

Regarding the Hellgaters (alma mater of Jack McGuinness and Charlie Aquilina, among other prominent icons), does anyone else find it ironic that the Immaculate Conception Parish elders approved that name for their corps?

Edited July 24, 2011 by ironlips

[NYSkyliner]

What corps have been named for physical structures - like the Bridgemen for the Bayonne Bridge, or the Bushwackers for the bar with the same name?

While the Bridgemen were named after the Bayonne Bridge, there is a unique connection to the George Washington Bridge. Father Joseph J. Donovan's first parish was in Fort Lee, N.J., the first town on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge and the eastern terminus of Interstate 80 which runs clear across the United States with the western terminus being the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. The nickname of the athletic teams for Fort Lee High School was/is the Bridgemen, after the George Washington Bridge. Father Joe loved the name Bridgemen so when he founded the Drum Corps when he was transferred to St. Andrew's Parish in Bayonne he named them the "Bridgemen". This is a matter of fact that I've known since 1964 when Father Joe founded the Corps and can be verified by reading the "History of the Bridgemen" on their website.

http://www.bridgemen.com/History.html

"The name was chosen based on the Fort Lee Bridgemen, named for the George Washington Bridge. According to Fr. Donovan, who also favored the Fort Lee athletic teams, St. Andrew's would be named for the Bayonne Bridge; thus giving birth to the Bridgemen."

Edited July 24, 2011 by NYSkyliner