Performances
As an official representative of the U.S. Army, the Corps averages over 500 performances annually. The Corps has entertained millions of people in major parades, pageants and historical celebrations throughout the United States; and has served America as a goodwill ambassador as far away as Europe, Australia and Canada. Major sporting events the Corps has performed at include NCAA bowl games, NBA games, NFL games (including Super Bowls), the Kentucky Derby, the Indianapolis 500, and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
In support of the President of the United States, the Corps performs at armed forces arrival ceremonies for visiting dignitaries and heads of state at the White House, and has participated in every Presidential inaugural parade since President John F. Kennedy's in 1961 (as well as his funeral). Today both men and women are members of the unit.
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“At one of the later performances you asked why they called it a “miracle,”
Since nothing ever happened. That, of course, was the miracle
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