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City of Palm Springs
CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS the Marine Corps Combat Center Band was
established in the late 1950's as a band, and later re-established as a
Drum and Bugle Corps until 1990 when it was formally established as
one the twelve Marine Corps Bands we have today; and
WHEREAS the band has travelled extensively throughout the
western United States and has performed in the Rose Parade in
Pasadena, the Longs Peale Scottish Irish Highland Festival in Estes
Park, Colorado, the annual Pahn Springs Veterans Day Parade and the
annual Holiday Concert; and
WHEREAS the men and women of the Marine Air Ground
Combat Center Band are basically trained Marine Riflemen who serve
as a perimeter security/machine gun platoon during times of war and
has Gulf War veterans in their ranks and gives full meaning to the
term "Marine Musicians"; and
WHEREAS the Marine Corps Combat Center Band has carried
on the proud tradition of military music forged by the whistling fifes
and rolling drums of the first Marine Musicians of 1775 and brought
many outstanding concerts and performances to the Coachella Valley
since 1990 and will he greatly missed here in the desert.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEPHEN P. POUGNET, Mayor of
the City of Palm Springs, California, by the power vested in me, do
hereby proclaim December 7, 2011 to he:
MARINE CORPS COMBAT CENTER BAND DAY
Semper Fidelis
"Until Everyone Comes Home"
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