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Our next meeting will be on March 8th at 7:30 PM at the Historical Society of Frankford at 1507 Orthodox Street. Sara Brower will be presenting “A Brief History of Robert Cornelius“. Cornelius was the first person to take a selfie.
Refreshments to follow. This is also our annual meeting when members elect board members. In order to be eligible to vote, one needed to have been a member for the year 2015.
Timed perfectly for Black History month, the GAR museum will offer a program by Ed McLaughlin – the U.S. Colored Troops stories from the Philadelphia National Cemetery on Sunday February 7th at 1 PM. The doors open at noon to give you time to browse some of the displays.
We were there in January for the concert of the 28th Pennsylvania Regimental Brass Band conducted by Russell D. Hoffmann. Mr. Hoffmann is the founding music director and conductor of the Newtown Chamber Orchestra. It is a unique experience to hear the music of that era as the troops would have heard it during the war.
We also did periscope broadcast of the first half of the concert and had quite a few viewers stop in to take a look. The musical selections are available on our YouTube channel or if you have time click on them below. They run about 20 minutes in total. This is only the first half of the concert.
Selections include: Hail Columbia, Concordia March, Last Rose of Summer, O Hills O Vales of Pleasure, General Birney’s Quick Step, Esmeralda/Sultan Polka, Santa Anna’s Retreat and Light of Other Days.
Part 1
Part 2
Coming up next Sunday, January 10th, the The 28th Pennsylvania Regimental Brass Band will be performing at the Grand Army of the Republic museum and library here in Frankford at 4278 Griscom Street. This presents a rare opportunity to hear, first hand, music from the Civil War as it would have been played during that time.
We have been given permission to video the performance and will attempt to do it by Periscope. Periscope is a service of Twitter that allows video to be broadcast live over the internet.
The GAR is open from Noon to 5 PM and the band will start about 1:30 PM. Stop by to tour the museum and hear some music.
From the Gazette collection now available in a calendar. Click on the link below to check it out.
