The Bunker Hill Drum Corps - 1900

Bunker Hill IL residents took their politics seriously at the turn of the century with "torch" parades, speeches, and tirades in the rival newspaper columns and the election of 1900 was no exception.

Republicans formed a "Drum Corps" which paraded and played in Bunker Hill and surrounding communities.  They are pictured here in front of one of the hotels, probably the "Monument House".  Note the placard with McKinley's picture.

During that same campaign, Theodore Roosevelt, Republican candidate for Vice-President, made a ten minute stop in Bunker Hill and spoke from his special railroad car....

see posting at https://bunkerhillhistory.blogspot.com/2014/10/governor-t-roosevelt-visits-bunker-hill.html

From Bunker Hill Revisited

Volume 3

Sept. 12, 1900

A republican drum corps has been organized.  Much practicing has been in vogue of late and as a consequence the boys are getting into shape to head the procession.  Several new drums have been ordered and when they arrive will add to the efficiency of the corps.

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---Cite this story: Stanton, Carl, ed. Bunker Hill Revisited: From the Files of The Bunker Hill Gazette and The Bunker Hill News. 1892-1900 ed. Vol. 3. Bunker Hill: Stanton, 2000. 324. Provided by the Bunker Hill IL Historical Society