Marching Poles...

The Poles loved a good parade and never missed an opportunity to get a marching band out to strut their stuff and get everybody worked up into a patriotic frenzy both American and/or Polish. Look close you may find one of your Polish uncles, cousins, fathers, brothers or what have you in this vintage photo of this Polish Legion of American Veterans State Corps Marching Band from Detroit, Michigan. And, if you look closely at the bottom right hand side of the photo you will see that the photo was made by Hoffman Studios which was an institution in the Polish neighborhood for weddings, baptismals, 1^st Holy Communions and other important events in the lives of the Polish immigrants.