🎶 The Army goes rolling along 🎶 | Humankind

Happy 250th birthday to the U.S. Army! 🇺🇸🪖 To mark this historic milestone, we are proud to share a special performance of “The Army Goes Rolling Along” by the West Point Band, featuring the West Point Glee Club. “The Army Goes Rolling Along” began its journey in 1908 as “The Caissons Go Rolling Along,” written by 1st Lt. (later Brig. Gen.) Edmund L. Gruber while stationed in the Philippines. He was inspired by the horse-drawn carts (caissons) of his Field Artillery unit and the command, “Com

"The Army Goes Rolling Along" is the official Army song. But did you know it had two other names? First Lieutenant Edmund L. Gruber, a descendent of Franz Gruber, the composer of "Silent Night," while stationed in the Philippines in 1908, wrote the “Caisson Song” based on his experience in a Field Artillery Battery. The caisson was an essential piece of equipment because it carried the artillery ammunition. In 1917, John Philip Sousa transformed the song into a march, and the song was renamed “T