May 1, 2026
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Andrew B. Bowering
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At age eighteen, Andrew served, with the rank of private, as a bugler at the first battle of Manassas. He moved up quickly, and by July 1861 was a musician in Virginia’s 30th Regimental Band, and then on June 1, 1862, he was promoted to principal musician. He distinguished himself as a composer of dozens
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“The War to End all Wars” is what the pundits called World War I. That war also generated millions of stories. Many were recited many times, others were never talked about. Death, destruction, ruin of the landscape and man’s achievements are hard to reconcile, but this tale ends with salvation for a whole generation. Happily!