The City of Invercargill, New Zealand provided the inspiration for the Invercargill March, a stirring piece of military music written in 1908 by the composer Alex F. Lithgow, who lived in Invercargill from the age of six, although born in Scotland. Invercargill ( Waihōpai in Māori) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The march was written for the City of Invercargill, which Alex Lithgow dearly missed while he was away.
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"Invercargill" rates alongside old favourites such as the Gladiator March, Liberty Bell, the Radetsky March, and other stirring Sousa marches. The Invercargill March is especially popular in the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is a favorite of the US Marines, and was the Regimental March of the 56th Infantry Regiment of the New York Guard during World War 2. The New York Guard is the name of the State Defense Force of New York State. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Invercargill Caledonian Pipe Band continues the Scottish tradition today.
Here is a clip of the Invercargill March as performed by the band of the United States Marine Corps. Listen