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勞倫斯市市立樂團：公園內的夏日演奏會
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您能想到的樂團中，歷史最悠久且仍在演奏中的是那一個？滾石樂團？史密斯飛船合唱團?
勞倫斯市的勞倫斯市市立樂團的歷史，可回溯至內戰時期，當時大部分的勞倫斯市市民，都是來自新英格蘭。
該樂團首次公演是在1863年的一個美麗的夏夜。就像命中註定的一般，當夜不久，勞倫斯市就遭受了由昆特裡爾(William
Clark Quantrill)帶領包括了危險的法蘭克(Frank)及傑西詹姆士(Jesse
James)的傳奇式的襲擊。昆特裡爾曾謀殺支持聯邦的人，這些人大多是廢奴主義者(反對奴隸主義的人)。昆特裡爾帶領他的450位入侵者，攻擊支持聯邦軍的人，如：勞倫斯當地的居民。發動襲擊時，這些入侵者共殺害了150多位勞倫斯居民，勞倫斯市市立樂團除一人倖免外，全團團員都慘遭殺害。
自此之後，勞倫斯市市立樂團就擁有許多不同的團員，而樂團會依現有的音樂家人數，規模時大時小。現在，勞倫斯市市立樂團會於襲擊當天舉行緬懷演奏，並繼續該團的傳統，於夏季的星期三夜晚，提供免費的音樂給勞倫斯的市民，及自遠方來此旅行的任何人。
What's the oldest musical group you can think of that is still performing? The Rolling Stones? Aerosmith?
The Lawrence City Band in Lawrence, Kansas, can trace its roots back to the Civil War, a time when most of Lawrence's citizens were originally from New England.
The band's first performance was presented on a beautiful summer evening in 1863. As fate would have it, that was the night before the legendary raid on Lawrence by William Clark Quantrill. Quantrill -- and his men, who included the dangerous Frank and Jesse James -- was a murderer of Union sympathizers, many of whom were abolitionists (people who were against slavery). Quantrill and his 450 Raiders attacked Union sympathizers, such as the people of Lawrence. The Raiders killed more than 150 residents of Lawrence during that raid, including all but one of the original members of the Lawrence City Band.
Since then there have been many different members in the Lawrence City Band as the group grows and shrinks depending on the number of musicians in it. Today, the Lawrence City Band commemorates that terrible day and continues the tradition of offering free music on Wednesday nights during the summer to the citizens of Lawrence and anyone else who travels there from far away.
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