JTCB to play at annual program

On Veterans’ Day, November 11th, the Jackson Township Community Band, the American Legion, and VFW will present their annual program inside the Clay County Courthouse.

The JTCB, directed by Matthew S. Huber, will begin at 10 a.m. with a concert of patriotic music.

The JTCB started playing at the courthouse on this date in 1918 when word of the Armistice, thus ending the Great War (later known as World War 1), reached Clay County.

The music will include “34th Division March” by Keith Latey, “E Pluribus Unum” by Fred Jewell, “Americans, We” by Henry Fillmore, “George M. Cohan Patriotic Fantasy” arranged by Walter Ehret and Paul Yoder, “Sabre and Spurs” by John Philip Sousa, “Sound Off” also by Sousa and “The Blue and the Grey Patrol” arranged by Yoder.

Also, “America, the Beautiful” arranged by Yoder, “Navy Hymn” arranged by James Ployhar, “National Emblem” by E.E. Bagley, “Over There!” by Cohan, “Armed Forces Salute” arranged by Bill Moffit plus the new “Space Force March” by Sousa, Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and his arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.

At 11 a.m., in accordance with the Armistice going in effect at “the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” the American Legion and VFW will present a patriotic salute to all veterans.

The public is invited to this time-honored event inside the beautiful and stately Clay County Courthouse.