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Military brass band performance to precede Aug. 28 flag-lowering
ceremony at Lincoln Tomb
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[August 20, 2007]
SPRINGFIELD -- The final 2007 summer
flag-lowering and retreat ceremony, scheduled for Aug. 28 at Lincoln
Tomb State Historic Site, will feature the music of the Civil War
played on period instruments.
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The 10th Illinois
Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Band, an authentic re-enactment of an
actual Civil War band from Springfield, will perform from 6 to 7
p.m. Aug. 28 at Lincoln Tomb. The flag-lowering and retreat
ceremony, conducted every Tuesday night during the summer, will
follow from 7 to 7:25 p.m., and the site will remain open for
visitors until 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Band was formed
shortly after the regiment was mustered in 1861 and was one of the
few cavalry regiments to have its own band, staying with the
regiment throughout its Civil War service. Today's band members are
music teachers, musicians and citizens from central Illinois who
enjoy providing music on original period instruments as it was
played during the "War of the Rebellion."
Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency, is located in Springfield's Oak Ridge
Cemetery.
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