Happy Holidays!
“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.” -- Bing Crosby
"Carol of the Bells"
The PBS News Hour continues a Christmas tradition by asking members of the U.S. military to sing and perform a holiday song. Musicians from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard present "Carol of the Bells."
"Bluegrass Christmas Medley"
Bluegrass Christmas Medley | The U.S. Army Band's 2015 American Holiday Festival
"Dueling Jingle Bells"
United States Navy band. This video has been vied on You Tube 8.9 million times!
"Soldiers Christmas Poem"
This poem speaks to all military veterans -- we are all "soldiers"
"White Christmas"
"G.I." wish I was back in the Army
From Bing Crosby's White Christmas Special
"USAF Band WWII Holiday Flashback"
2015 Holiday musical "Flash Mob" at Union Station in Washington, D.C. honors our nation’s WWII veterans and gives the performance a vintage look! This "pinks and greens" WWII era uniform earned its nickname from the pairing of the dark olive-drab wool coat with lighter drab trousers, which had a pinkish hue
And a more "contemporary" flash mob held at the Air and Space Museum on the Washington Mall:
And a more "contemporary" flash mob held at the Air and Space Museum on the Washington Mall:
Finally, thanks to our military men and woman, and those that support them, may we continue to strive for "Peace on Earth" through their efforts in the past, present and future
November 2022 marks the 45th anniversary of the Bing Crosby & David Bowie’s duet “Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy” which premiered to a global audience in Bing’s 1977 Christmas special, “Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas”
Bing passed away one month after performing in this duet and Christmas special.
Bing passed away one month after performing in this duet and Christmas special.