JimF-LowBari Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Owe my dad the Korea War vet one for telling me. Get my hands on the "hard copy" this weekend. Posting for anyone interest and comments. American Legion Article 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 it's a lot more expensive to run a corps now...and look at their convention date...DCI is done and kids are back in school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I read it in the magazine Jim. An excellent article. Sometimes we tend to forget that the "seniors" arrived on the scene before the "juniors" did. Most of the guys at that time were military vets and were already 21 anyway. The one interesting sidenote that I might have added to the article is the USNA D&BC, founded in 1914 and prior to the U.S. involvement in WWI. That's the only exception that I know of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I posted the following in the link you also put in the DCI forum. "Dean Acheson"? Dean Acheson was President Truman's Secretary of State who helped mold United States military policy, designed the post-World War II Marshall Plan and helped create NATO. We all know what was meant, but this is in some way kind of indicative of why the future of drum corps went one way and the veterans organizations went another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) I posted the following in the link you also put in the DCI forum. "Dean Acheson"? Dean Acheson was President Truman's Secretary of State who helped mold United States military policy, designed the post-World War II Marshall Plan and helped create NATO. We all know what was meant, but this is in some way kind of indicative of why the future of drum corps went one way and the veterans organizations went another. I saw that too but didn't give it that much of a thought past "Thought it was Dan *shrug*". Now I know why Dean A. sounded familiar. Shame, especially since the author wrote some great stuff for History of Drum Corps book. Edit: Misread last night when I took a quick look, Bob Zinko did not write the article. Too bad, he should have.... Piper: As for pre-WWI corps, the corps in the picture (Boys of 76) started a few years before WWI. They were part of a Wisconsin National Guard unit IIRC and then sponsored by AL Post #76 in Racine after WWI was over. Can't think of any others at the moment. Edited May 25, 2012 by JimF-LowBari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Owe my dad the Korea War vet one for telling me. Get my hands on the "hard copy" this weekend. Posting for anyone interest and comments. American Legion Article Interesting stuff ... Bob Zinko and I went to the same HS in Bpt ... he was a year ahead of me ... I never knew he was in the Scarlet Knights ... many of them joined the PAL and St. Raphael's in 64 ... I remember him hanging around the Skyliners whenever we were in Bridgeport for a show in the 70's and 80's ... never knew of his passion for the AL ... I'm going to try and hook him up with Sky's Historian to see if they can help each other out with articles and such ... maybe Bob can get the AL to host an Alumni Show some year at their convention ... how cool would that be? :-) Edited May 25, 2012 by ajlisko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Interesting stuff ... Bob Zinko and I went to the same HS in Bpt ... he was a year ahead of me ... I never knew he was in the Scarlet Knights ... many of them joined the PAL and St. Raphael's in 64 ... I remember him hanging around the Skyliners whenever we were in Bridgeport for a show in the 70's and 80's ... never knew of his passion for the AL ... I'm going to try and hook him up with Sky's Historian to see if they can help each other out with articles and such ... maybe Bob can get the AL to host an Alumni Show some year at their convention ... how cool would that be? :-) Andy, do you have a copy of History of Drum Corps Vol I? Sounds like Bob saved a ton of old pics and other items just before National AL threw them out some time ago. He also wrote at least part of the chapter on the start of the AL and DC for the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Andy, do you have a copy of History of Drum Corps Vol I? Sounds like Bob saved a ton of old pics and other items just before National AL threw them out some time ago. He also wrote at least part of the chapter on the start of the AL and DC for the book. I've only seens exerpts of the History Book ... mostly on the corps I was with ... I sent off a note to Bob offering to hook up somehow ... should be an interesting conversation ... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiodb Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 The article's comment about Legion Nationals being "small" until 1930 is not accurate. The 1929 preliminary was the largest field contest ever held, with 85 corps competing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Nice to see the article highlighting the role that Doc Sebastianelli played in the drum corps activity through the years. His contributions were invaluable... especially his role in the formation of what is now DCA. This year's Scranton show is the 50th anniversary edition of that contest. That, in and of itself, is a tribute to Doc's legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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