American Patrol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15OcbwEIZDQ

 

Something for the weekend:  American Patrol.  Written in 1885 by F.W. Meacham, the song achieved its greatest fame in 1942 when Glen Miller recorded a swing version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_OcmHRZ4uk

The version at the beginning of the post is a Dixieland variant by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies.  Nichols served in the Army during World War II and was part of Major Glenn Miller’s Army Air Corps band.

Picture of Donald R. McClarey

Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.

The American Catholic is a Little Vatican Apostolate

Scroll to Top