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Source: NPR "Weekend Edition Saturday"

Roundup

8-13-05

Fife & drum still in play at Fort Ticonderoga (3min)

In a tribute to early American martial music, 600 members of fife-and-drum corps convene in Fort Ticonderoga, NY for the annual National Muster. Participants range from teenagers to septuagenarians.

Read entire article at NPR "Weekend Edition Saturday"