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Text from item: Electing its captain by casting ballots on a drum head on Boston Common, perpetuating the old military costumes of the nation, the tri-cornered hat, cockades, fuzzy busbies, the gorget as symbol of command, pikes, pennons and patent leather gaiters--the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston marched on the first Monday in June into the 300th year of its existence--the oldest military company of this hemisphere. To their annual birthday parties come the younger, but still ancient, companies of other colonies with their traditional.
