Informative Essay: The Color Guard

During the civil war, a band with a person or few holding flags would march out on the battlefields. The band did this so that the soldiers stayed marching together correctly and to keep the spirits high. The band walked behind the soldiers and there would be people carrying flags that had there color (The American Flag). This is where the first color guard came from, a military color guard. The guard would hold

We’re true band geeks who love what we do We love our instruments, and band, too. For fall is marching band season, a time for woodwinds and brass to reign, For drummers to master the elusive beat, for the conductor to stand on the bandstand again The band and I — we live for our show, each other and for the show. We giggle and gripe and gossip together, we march in heat, rain, and snow. We pull all kinds of crazy stunts, try anything that sounds fun; But our spines are straight and heads erect when we march to the sound of the drum. Snapping reeds and clamming notes, Stealing all the trumpet quotes.

These bands wore very similar clothing as the other men but reversed so they can know who to take orders from. The corps or bands would help spot and tell what direction the enemy was and told them were to look or fire. During the American Revolution they use the fife and drum corps and played

The film then cuts to troops marching to battle as music is played that details the impending doom of the Germans. Several shots of artillery firing are then played along with tanks and troops moving across fields. Along with these are scenes of

Many of his poems used a magnificent rhyme and rhythm pattern that captures the audience in a way that singing a song does in the modern world. In his poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” he uses different elements to pull in the reader. Symbolism is mostly noted in this poem, and in the poem says “The fate of a nation was riding that night" this pushes the American audience into thinking that they too are fighting in the war. Longfellow creates this dynamic setting by using every American’s inner patriotism to get the reader to engage deeper into the story. Further in this story you read “And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight”, giving a great example of metaphor.

What is Cheerleading? For centuries, spectators have cheered for people playing sports. Still, cheerleading did not officially being until 1898. Johnny Campbell, a student at the University of Minnesota, led the crowd at the football game in a famous cheer. He yelled," Rah, Rah, Rah!

I climbed on the fence to get a better view. I shushed my friends as they tried to get me to go to the concession stand with them; I was too watching the band, I spent the rest of my middle school life waiting for my turn to be in that band, being an eighth-grade

Like many others, I get anxious like newborn bird trying to fly. I feel as if I’ll walk into the audition room and fail. Instead, I came into the audition room and played my heart out. After a few hours of waiting around, all of the Troy kids

Thousands of U.S. Citizens do crowd the streets, holding the American flag, singing songs, and giving out flowers. Mainly, on every year I call my grandfather, we talk about the war he endured and how is day is going. One thing my grandpa says every year is “Don't take anything for granted, everything can change in a blink of an eye” Though, he now has metal everywhere in his legs and gets very clumsy he is still extremely funny. Sadly, since America’s freedom is vast, many Americans forget some of the everyday values. In conclusion, Memorial Day should be a day for all.

Starting in the 7th grade, we were required to wear a shirt and tie to school the day of a game. This was required for all the sports teams I played on, which included basketball and baseball. I was always curious as to why we had to dress up so nicely for games, and I always received the same response from my coach; when we play other schools, we are representing our school and what it means to be a student there. Thus, in order to be a strong representation, we must be well-dressed (among numerous things), to highlight our commitment to seriousness. Our sports teams were directly affiliated with our school, and we wanted to do our best to be valuable community members.