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The head drummer of the colonial fife and drum band was a Black man in a Revolutionary War costume, his dreadlocks peeking from under a powdered wig.
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Catherine Simpson Bueker,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
The celebration opened with piercing fifes and thundering drums from the Young Patriots Fife & Drum Corps from Pleasanton, as a nod to America's quincentennial.
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Brian Hackney,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Drums and bells had been used for so long to gather people for town meetings or church services that hardly anybody complained when bells were tuned or fifes added to the drum corps, which began to march with choreographic precision.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
The townspeople agreed, and the piper began to play a lively tune upon his fife.
—
Simon Rich,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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Catherine Simpson Bueker,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
The celebration opened with piercing fifes and thundering drums from the Young Patriots Fife & Drum Corps from Pleasanton, as a nod to America's quincentennial.
—
Brian Hackney,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Drums and bells had been used for so long to gather people for town meetings or church services that hardly anybody complained when bells were tuned or fifes added to the drum corps, which began to march with choreographic precision.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
The townspeople agreed, and the piper began to play a lively tune upon his fife.
—
Simon Rich,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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“Fife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fife. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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fife
noun
: a small high-pitched musical instrument resembling a flute
Geographical Definition
Fife
geographical name
variants
or Fifeshire
ˈfīf-ˌshir 
-shər
administrative area of eastern Scotland between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth area 509 square miles (1319 square kilometers), population 365,198
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