{"id":329,"date":"2011-11-07T20:29:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T03:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/42ndrhr.org\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2012-08-01T22:38:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T05:38:05","slug":"john-george-revolutionary-war-drummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/42ndrhr.org\/blog\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"John George, Revolutionary War Drummer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the Round Hill Cemetery<\/a> on the South Side of Indianapolis – (near the intersection of South Meridian St and West Epler Avenue) –\u00a0visitors will find a grave marking the final resting place of John George<\/a>, a Revolutionary War drummer who served in Washington’s Headquarters Guard.<\/p>\n

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Veteran’s Day Ceremony, 2011<\/h2>\n

At 11:11 on November 11, 2011, event coordinator Jim Smith will lead drummers, pipers, and fifers from the 42nd<\/a>, Tippecanoe Ancient Fife and Drum Corps<\/a>, Voyaguer Ancient Fife and Drum Corps<\/a>, the\u00a0Colonial Williamsburg Drums & Fifes<\/a>, and \u00a0other drummers attending the 2011 Percussive Arts Society conference in a ceremony to honor George at his graveside.<\/p>\n

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Jim Smith speaks at the 2010 ceremony<\/p><\/div>\n

The public is invited to the Ceremony which portrays a Day in the Life of a Revolutionary War Drummer —- from Reveille at the crack of dawn, to Taps at the end of the Day.\u00a0 There will be a Massed Drum Corps salute and a special performance by the Williamsburg Corps of \u201cGeneral Washington\u2019s March\u201d from the Cushing manuscript archives in the Williamsburg collections.<\/p>\n

Later the Colonial Williamsburg corps will be featured in a performance at the Percussive Arts meeting in the Indianapolis Convention Center.\u00a0 The Percussive Arts Society International headquarters is in Indianapolis on Washington Street and features \u201chands-on & sticks-on\u201d activities for children and the young at heart in the Rhythm Discovery Center.<\/p>\n

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