New York bagpiping history and culture
New York Bagpipes
New York bagpiping history, newspaper archives, people, performances, and cultural stories.
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New York piping—past and present
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New York’s bagpiping history reaches from nineteenth-century newspaper accounts to immigrant communities, police and fire department bands, parades, experimental music, Highland games, and today’s performers.
This growing archive brings those stories together. Begin with the historical articles already preserved here, then return as additional newspaper clippings, photographs, and research are transcribed and added.
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