Inaugural Parade List of Bands

Photo courtesy of Armed Forces Inaugural Committee

More than 100 groups participated in the inaugural parade, including marching bands, military units, ROTC programs, horse-riding troupes, associations and a few floats. The list below celebrates the bands and auxiliary groups.

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54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Company A Band, MA
Adams Central HS Patriot Band, NE
Alexis I. duPont HS Band, DE
Blue Springs Hs Golden Regiment Marching Band, MO
Bonnie Brae Knights, NJ
Brattleboro Union HS Band, VT
Brooklyn Music and Arts Program, NY
Carl Sandburg HS Marching Eagles, IL
Carnaval de San Anto, The URBAN 15 Group, TX
Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes and Drums, OH
Colony HS Knights Marching Band, AK
Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, IA
Delaware State University Marching Band, DE
East Greenwich HS Band, RI
Espanola Valley HS Mariachi Band, NM
Evergreen HS Marching Band, WA
Fergus Falls HS Marching Band, MN
Florida A&M University Marching 100 Band, FL
Get a Life Marching Band, OR
Grambling State University World Famed Tiger Marching Band, LA
Green Valley HS Marching Band, NV
Hampton University Marching Force, VA
Harding University HS Marching Band of Gold, NC
Howard University Marching Band, DC
Isiserettes Drill Corps, IA
JP Taravella HS Band, FL
Lesbian and Gay Band Association, NY
Londonderry HS Marching Lancer Band and Color Guard, NH
Manning HS Golden Pride Marching Band, SC
Morton HS Marching Band, IL
Mountain Ridge HS Pride of the West Marching Band, AZ
North Allegheny HS Tiger Marching Band, PA
Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior HS Marching Band, DC
Petal HS Marching Band, MS
Punahou School Marching Band, HI
Redwood Middle School Marching Band and Auxiliary Units, CA
Roosevelt HS Marching Band, MI
Sanford HS Marching Band, ME
Siloam Springs HS Band, AR
South Cobb HS Blue Eagle Marching Band, GA
The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, PA
The Ohio State University Marching Band, OH
Trumbull HS Golden Eagle Marching Band, CT
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South, AR
University of Delaware Fightin Blue Hen Marching Band, DE
University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Band, TN
University of Utah Marching Band, UT
Virginia Military Corps of Cadets, VA
Windsor HS Marching Band, CO

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