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The Civil War Battle of Gettysburg is,
perhaps, the most written about, the most
studied and visited battleground. The combined
force of 160,000 soldiers has lead to thousands
of stories that are still be revealed to this
day. One such story centers around Little Round
Top on the second day of the three-day affair.
Join the Baltimore Civil War Roundtable (BCWRT)
as historian, musician and reenactor
Jari Villanueva
returns to tell the story of
Col. Strong Vincent and Pvt. Oliver Willcox
Norton on Little Roundtop. The Relationship
Between a Commander and his Bugler.
The presentation will take place on Tuesday,
March 26, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkville
Senior Center, 8601 Harford Rd, Parkville, MD
21234.
(Enter parking lot from Hiss Ave. Use rear
entrance to Center.)
Jari Villanueva retired from the United States
Air Force where he spent 23 years with The
United States Air Force Band in Washington DC.
While in the band he served as a trumpeter,
bugler, assistant drum major, staff arranger and
music copyist. He is considered the country’s
foremost expert on military bugle calls,
particularly the call of Taps which is sounded
at military funerals. While in the Air Force he
was the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of
The USAF Band’s State Funeral Plans and was the
NCOIC of the command post at Andrews AFB which
oversaw the arrival and departure ceremonies for
the late Presidents Reagan and Ford. As a
ceremonial trumpeter, Villanueva participated in
well over 5,000 ceremonies at Arlington National
Cemetery, served as an assistant drum major
leading The USAF Ceremonial Brass in funerals at
Arlington. He was responsible for all the music
performed by the USAF Bands for state funerals.
He was responsible for moving the bugle used at
President John F. Kennedy’s funeral from the
Smithsonian to Arlington where it is currently
on display. In 2007 Villanueva was inducted into
the Buglers Hall of Fame, the first active-duty
military bugler to be so honored.
Villanueva is a graduate of the Baltimore Public
School system and earned a Bachelor of Music
Education degree in 1978 from the Peabody
Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. In
1984 he received a Master of Music degree from
Kent State University, Ohio. He is also a 2006
graduate of the Air Force Senior
Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.
From 1998 to 2010, Villanueva was an adjunct
professor in the Music Department at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where
he served as Director of Bands. A Civil War
historian and re-enactor, Villanueva is Artistic
Director of the National Association for Civil
War Brass Music, Inc., where he directs and
leads The Federal City Brass Band and the 26th
North Carolina Regimental Band, recreated
regimental bands of the Civil War era. He also
sounds bugle calls at many re-enactments. In
addition, he served as music director for the
National Civil War Field Music School where
students learn to play fife, drum and bugle.
Jari finished a year-long project called
TAPS150, created to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the bugle call Taps in 2012. He
is married to Heather Faust and resides in
Catonsville, Maryland.
If you can’t attend in person, register for the
Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocu2srDgrEtdF1iIa4SBks6wyNie-ceaN
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Notes from the President
We are near the end of the 3rd month
of 2024 and a number of you still haven’t renewed your BCWRT
membership for 2024. It is only via your dues that we can
continue to host the speakers you say you enjoy.
The Baltimore Civil War Roundtable needs to recruit new members
and have current members re-enlist. Renew your membership, now.
Invite your friends to join. Membership is $25 or $35 for
families. Mail your checks to:
Ray Atkins, Treasurer, BCWRT
1204 Fordham Ct.,
Belair, MD 21014
Below is the link to a brief survey about you and the Baltimore
Civil War Roundtable. Please complete it by April 5, 2024
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DVHTWBS
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