"Martha Washington, as told to her daughter, Nelly Custis, that her favorite music was that of the fife and drum; and although her husband, General Washington, stated that he could not raise a single note on any instrument, he was observed drumming on a table with a knife and fork obviously daydreaming of the daily sounds of the camp calls; one of which, Go to Bed Home, from Nelly Custis' harpsichord collection, was the sound of the beat and tune used to signal the soldiers to return to their tents at bedtime" -taken from American Drums of War by George Carroll
-Peter Bringe
Memor!
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