Fun Facts About Us

• In 2008, the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band became the first American marching band invited to perform in China by its Ministry of Culture.
• The Golden Girl got her name because she was introduced the same year, 1954, that the press dubbed Purdue quarterback Len Dawson the “Golden Boy.”
• President Harry Truman autographed the Big Bass Drum when it passed by his Independence, MO, home in 1961.