Leatherneck Pipes & Drums
| Leatherneck Pipes & Drums | |
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 Mike McCracken leading the Leatherneck Pipes & Drums during the 249th St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City. | |
| Active | 1991 to Present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Marine Corps |
| Type | Pipe Band |
| Role | Musical support |
| Size | 30 |
| Nickname(s) | USMC Pipe Band |
| Website | http://www.leatherneckpipeband.com/ |
The Leatherneck Pipes & Drums is a United States Marine Corps private military pipe band that supports important military ceremonies in the USMC. Being a private unit, it is composed of mostly former USMC personnel.[1] It was formed in 1991 from veterans of the USMC who lived in parts of the Northeastern United States. It was based on the original USMC pipe band based in Derry, Northern Ireland during the Second World War. The official tartan of the unit is the Leatherneck Tartan which is only used by the pipes and drums due to the fact that the USMC has never formally adopted a military tartan.[2][3]
Activities[edit]
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The musical unit takes part in activities that involve the following:[4]
- Retirement Ceremonies
- Marine Corps Birthday Ball
- Funerals
- Change of Command
- Civil/Military Parades
During any of these ceremonies, the band performs special arrangements of the Star Spangled Banner and The Marines' Hymn.[5] When at an official ceremony, all members of the unit wear a modified Blue Dress "A" uniform which is augmented with a Glengarry cap and a kilt that is patterned in the leatherneck tartan. Keeping in Highland/Scottish tradition, the drum major wears feather bonnet instead of a Glengarry. The band also maintains a four-member color guard which is used when the band is on parade.[6]
Associated pipe bands[edit]
- United States Coast Guard Pipe Band
- United States Air Force Pipe Band (deactivated since 1970)
- The Regimental Band and Pipes
- United States Naval Academy Pipes and Drums
References[edit]
Media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 466: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 466: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]] at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ "Navigator: The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Magazine". 2002.
- ↑ https://www.poconorecord.com/article/20070313/holidays01/70313008
- ↑ https://alexismalcolmkilts.com/us-military-tartans
- ↑ "Marine Bagpiping - U.S. Military Bagpiper Network".
- ↑ "Marine Hymn (Bagpipes) [Archive] - Marine Corps - USMC Community".
- ↑ "10,000 Marines, 80,000 spectators expected Saturday for parade".
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