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Originally Posted by thomp679
That's not really a lot. Its a lot of repeat. And IMO not the best representation of The Villages, but rather corny. BTW, what do Scottish Bagpipers have to do with the 4th of July??  |
http://plheineman.net/Bagpipes%20in%...20Am%20Rev.pdf
In the American Revolution the bagpipe and the kilt were present on both sides. In addition to the five British Army and at least two Loyalist Highland regiments, the Continental Army had its share of Scots with their pipes. General Lachlan MacKintosh's Georgia Brigade of the Line was largely kilted, particularly the 2nd Georgia, and of course marched to the pipes. Most of North Carolina troops at Cowpens and King Mountain were also Scots, and their pipers accompanied them. The blue Kilmarnock bonnet was as popular among the troops as the three-cornered hat - at the Battle of Saratoga, almost the entire Northern Army wore it. The pipes were there as well as they have been in every major battle since.