{"id":9855,"date":"2023-05-17T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T19:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/?page_id=9855"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:47:27","slug":"aamb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/ensembles\/aamb\/","title":{"rendered":"All-American Marching Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-rtb-hero purdue-home-rtb-hero--stack\">\n    <div class=\"image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SHIELD-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-rtb-hero__content-wrap\">\n                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-hero__subheader tagged-header tagged-header--gold purdue-home-rtb-hero__subheader\">125+ Years of tradition<\/p>\n                \n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-rtb-hero__header \">&#8220;All-American&#8221; Marching Band<\/h1>\n                \n                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-rtb-hero__subtext\">Established in 1886, the Purdue \u201cAll-American\u201d Marching Band is an icon of Purdue University. 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