202d Army Band
(Bluegrass Marchers)

• Organized and Federally recognized 6 April 1921 in the Kentucky National Guard at Bowling Green as the Band Section, 149th Infantry, an element of the 38th Division (later redesignated as the 38th Infantry Division)
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Band, 149th
• Inducted into Federal service 17 January 1941 at Bowling Green
• Reorganized and redesignated 19 January 1944 as the 202d Army Band and relieved from assignment to the 149th Infantry
• Reorganized and redesignated 27 May 1944 as the 202d Army Ground Forces Band
• Inactivated 23 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
• Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 202d Army Band
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 30 January 1947 in the Kentucky National Guard at Ashland
• Location changed 1 September 1970 to Louisville
• Location changed 1 August 1972 to Frankfort

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