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The Stonewall Brigade Band is a community concert band based in Staunton, Virginia. It is the United States 's oldest continuous community band sponsored by local government and funded, in part, by tax monies. [1] Originally a brass band, the band was formed in 1855 as the Mountain Sax Horn Band. It was also called Turner's Silver Cornet Band ...
The Stonewall Brigade Band has remained intact and still performs today. Segregation. In 2008, a documentary about Staunton during the Jim Crow era debuted revealing the truth behind segregation laws in the city. Staunton citizen Rita Wilson, who eventually became a member of the city council and served for 16 years, spoke out about the issue.
Augustus John Turner, (October 12, 1818 – May 14, 1905), known as "A. J. Turner", was an American composer, band leader and music professor. He was the first director of the Stonewall Brigade Band of Staunton, Virginia, the oldest continuous community band funded by tax moneys in the United States. They were mustered into the Stonewall ...
9:30 a.m. Stonewall Brigade Band music begins. 10 a.m. Ceremony begins at the gazebo ... Traditional Memorial Day at Staunton National Cemetery. 1:30-2 p.m. Thursday, May 30.
The brigade is headquartered in Staunton, Virginia, at the Thomas Howie Memorial Armory, and is nicknamed the Stonewall Brigade in honor of its association with the 116th Infantry Regiment, tracing its lineage back to elements of an American Civil War Confederate brigade of the same name led by General Stonewall Jackson.
David William Drake (November 23, 1834 – October 25, 1909) was a farmer, musician and the founder of the Stonewall Brigade Band. He began the band with Edwin Cushing, and recruited A. J. Turner as the band's first director. Drake moved to Staunton, Virginia in 1854.
Thomas Memory Turner (July 17, 1847 – September 2, 1917) [1] was an American composer, band leader, and music professor. He was known to his friends as "Mem". [2] He was once assistant director of the Stonewall Brigade Band of Staunton, Virginia, the United States's oldest continuous community band sponsored by local government and funded, in ...
Edwin Cushing. Edwin Merrill " Ned " Cushing (September 7, 1830 – December 7, 1903) was an American tenor horn player, auctioneer, and coroner in Staunton, Virginia. Cushing was a charter member and first president of the Stonewall Brigade Band. [1] [2] He was considered a "veritable encyclopedia" of Staunton's town history. [3]