That’s my Dad. He was the regimental Drum Major at the time

@KeithWilliamMacHendry

Жыл бұрын

That is just the best, wonderful, how proud you must be.

@jamesrodden.1008

Жыл бұрын

Roy Dear… my brother was a side drummer there .

@matthewboyle2263

Жыл бұрын

You should be very proud of your dad ❤

@avrildear2715

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewboyle2263 I am although I lost him a long time ago. He was a gentleman and a fabulous dad.

@avrildear2715

Жыл бұрын

@@KeithWilliamMacHendry I am very proud and miss so much even after more that 25 years.

I wish to God he had been protected by the Black Watch. And then they played for his funeral, at Mrs. Kennedy's request. They came back on the 50th Anniversary. They are spectacular. I'm grateful they were there for him. through the years.

My son, Jim Shea who played the Pipes took us, me, his mom, my mom, his sister, Maureen to see The Black Watch in Champaign-Urbana, IL at the University of Illinois! Unfortunately I cannot recall the year, but then I'm 82 now. I love the bagpipe. He still plays tunes for me on his chanter. 💕🥰We try to do it nightly around 8pm. 👍

A beautiful performance by the highly respected and admired Black Watch at the White House. May our two countries remain friends forever!

@SimonGardiner-bj3pq

Жыл бұрын

"First Allies - Firmest Friends" God Bless America

Long live the Blackwatch.

Where have all the good presidents gone? God bless the Black Watch forever. Y'all are heros and don't get enough recognition

@ChrisCaldwellO66

3 жыл бұрын

The Black Watch is very honorable and were done dirty by England. When they were established, England told them they would never be sent abroad to fight and were to defend only on UK soil. England reneged on the deal and forced them to fight overseas time and time again. Doesn't surprise me one bit though. England has done Scotland a great injustice for centuries.

@PotatoSalad614

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisCaldwellO66 I bet the Black Watch arent complaining after you look at their vast array of battle honours

@billymccann7272

Жыл бұрын

To heaven, the rest hell awaits

@guyfustec4551

Жыл бұрын

Argyllshirhiglander

@charliereader3462

6 ай бұрын

⁠@@ChrisCaldwellO66yes, Scotland was so reluctant to take part in building the empire. Those evil English forced them to participate as enthusiastically as they did. The SNP and Mel Gibson have really done a number on you haven’t they pal

Sad, just 9 days before the assassination. I had the pleasure of seeing the Black Watch perform at the Seattle Center in the `90s. Hearing them play made the hairs in my neck stand up. Most moving. I shared that evening with my late wife who was Scots.

@johntyfleming4581

3 жыл бұрын

The pipes can sure stirr the emotions like no other,,happy and sad at same time , i wish you well

@KeithWilliamMacHendry

2 жыл бұрын

My sympathies for the loss of of your dear wife Bruce. 🙏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸💙❤️

As an Afrikaner I always had great respect for the Scots And their pipe bands that drove our family to, or close to tears! My Poem from my book- The Blades are high the Lances strait, Where they sit and wait, Sharp and clear the bugle blow, "Charge down the foe", When they gallop back, we ask who they are, "That is the Scottish of the Third Hussar" Poem by Gert van Niekerk from my book in process 'Kaapse Rebel-Anglo Boere Oorlog'.(Anglo Boer War)

@brucebartup6161

Жыл бұрын

*_Disused Bases_* Who will recall for us our lost companions, in their beauty, pride and love? None but the solitary Corporal Heron is on parade. His one legged guard's a mockery of last stands; Of red brim hatted staffer Golden Eagle; Whose glory could equal his command.'s "No one, no-one"" says Duty sargeant Song Thrush 2nd Loo Coyote supports the call "None, none; none, none; none none.; none; none." th' unnumbr'd Privates Bison Their cavalry divisins near wiped out in former wars. "They are forgot!!!" alarms the Bugler Sparrow Capt. Racoon yelps "Turn out the guard" But from the guard house there comes only silence No order given as no one heard. No one will recall our lost companions Their pride and beauty doomed to die On batleffield or lucky home for veterans Mem'ries fall like leaves , and there they lie Only the old airmen wlll renmber spewcifcics cf a place and time The jokes we told and how we did our duty, , In moments touched by the divine. yours hunlyy a Brit civiliabn. #PParkinonnss ssorr for te ttyypos

@wolfeinhorn4661

Жыл бұрын

I am American with Afrikaner roots.

My Dad was in the Black Watch in WW2.

Just stumbled upon this and it breaks my heart. I was 10 years old, all these years later it still hurts.🇺🇸💔

@fulgencedelloh8678

3 жыл бұрын

RT et les les maisons maisons 5ttttrt5ttrtttttt5rt5tttttr5ttt5tttr5ttrt5ttr55ttt5ttttttttttttttttttttttt5ttttt5tt

@gemoftheocean

3 жыл бұрын

Me either, I knew this event had happened, and had seen a few stills, but never knew this footage existed.

@edwardhanson3664

3 жыл бұрын

I was 13.

@REDDOG2023

3 жыл бұрын

it also breaks my heart im 82 yrs old and look at the shit we have in white house now i hang my head in shame but know i saw the good days i worry about my great gran children

@REDDOG2023

3 жыл бұрын

kennedy wasn't perfect but look what we have now god help us

4:15 JFK: "The motto of the Black Watch is: No one wounds us with impunity." Just 9 days before his assassination. R.I.P. JFK

@johnf.kennedy6129

3 жыл бұрын

Rip me

I rember my papa telling me he was a piper there and at the funeral made me wanna join black watch still in it to this day 11 years serving so far

Don't know how I have stumbled on this incredible piece of historical footage all the more poignant by the date just a week or so before the assassination of JFK. The band of the Black Watch, the Highland dancers and the little Kennedy children along with the awestruck crowds enjoying the spectacle. Really like stepping into a time machine and being there. Superb and slightly sad at the same time...a time long gone.

@josefrancis7126

3 жыл бұрын

YOU GOT IT RIGHT U TUBE I A TIME MACHINE/ RIGHT FROM VAD YAHIM NARRATING THE HOLOCAUT TORIE

I was there! I was in grade school at Holy Trinity in Georgetown. Holy Trinity was the Kennedy's parish church. The school was invited to the White House often. We sat in bleachers in front of the West Wing side. I remember it getting colder as the dusk came. And in two weeks, it colder and darker indeed.

@jocktamson6493

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle was there in the band.

@marthaellendudrow6367

3 жыл бұрын

@@jocktamson6493 Some 13 years later I had privilege of meeting some of them, incl. some who played that day and the President's funeral; when the Black Watch was here for the Bicentennial. It was beyond thrilling!

@avrildear2715

2 жыл бұрын

My Dad was the Drum Major that day. Much love, pride and so missed. He was a lovely Dad and a real gentleman x

Amazing; a wonderful performance, and a wonderfully diverse audience. And, yes, nine days before Dallas; none of us who were cognizant of affairs will ever forget that day. Thank you for posting this poignant video.

A very belated thank you to the British ! No one does it better !

@johntyfleming4581

3 жыл бұрын

Aye mabye but the english cannae play the pipes like the scots or the irish for that matter , you stae safe n be well

@beast4517

3 жыл бұрын

@@johntyfleming4581 we also don’t wear a skirt as good as a Scotsman.

@jamestheman1962

3 жыл бұрын

@@beast4517 That is correct ye do not wear any thing as good as us,not even yer pride

@Arm4G3doN

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamestheman1962 it’s a good thing we’ve maintained our hold on the majority of the power on this little Island then

@jamestheman1962

3 жыл бұрын

@@Arm4G3doN Is it?

12 days later they’d be playing at his funeral, truly prophetic & so so sad😔

The first time that i heard the pipes was a day or two before this . When the Black Watch performed in Knoxville, Tennessee and I have loved the pipes ever since.

22 days after this film the regiment would be back in DC for JFKs funeral.

@graemedurie9094

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@felipesants8936

3 жыл бұрын

SO SAD DAY

@compazine

3 жыл бұрын

You mean only nine members -- not the full regiment -- would be back in DC for the funeral. Jackie knew that the optics of having an entire foreign regiment of bagpipe players in addition to the already present USAF regiment of bagpipers would have looked incredibly indulgent. Thus she invited only 9 members of this regiment back to the funeral.

@martinfendley1352

3 жыл бұрын

*CORRECTION* It will only be 12 days until they return for The President's final procession. TRULY THE DAY AMERICA CHANGED.

@Tourist1967

3 жыл бұрын

Alongside Officer Cadets from Óglaigh na hÉireann, who formed the honour guard.

Very sad knowing what we would loose a week later and all these years later we still mourn

A time of innocence. Assassins And their destruction weren’t dreamed of. The Black Watch Pipe and Drums what an Honor to hear them

@dotmurphy7279

Жыл бұрын

That's because it had been so long since an assassination had occurred. We can't forget any of our history in order to keep it from repeating.

No autocue, no notes, full intelligible sentences. Ah, where have the years gone,?

@alvindurochermtl

3 жыл бұрын

The classic liberal arts education, oratory skills, proper grammar, logic, the way of the world, and people. Today, it's all about STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Bunch of technocrats with shiny gadgets but no sense of history, respect, culture, the human mind and behaviour. They think regurgitating buzzwords willy-nilly like misogyny and toxicity means respect towards humanity. Philistines.

@johntyfleming4581

3 жыл бұрын

Tis a well versed description is it not?

@gordonpeden6234

3 жыл бұрын

See Bozo Joe Biden?

@663rainmaker

3 жыл бұрын

Families Matter! Incredible History and Incredible People who made it Possible for our USA 🇺🇸 and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@lindashaffer5675

3 жыл бұрын

...and to think our Beloved JFK was gone a month later, such a tragedy!

I love watching these videos not inky because of my Scottish Heritage but also to watch the flourishing techniques used by the Tenor Drummers

@sean367

11 ай бұрын

Look up Tyler Fry to see it today

What a great performance by an incredibly talented and well turned out Black Watch Band. I truly love the pipes, but the final brass simultaneous rendition of Auld Lang Syne and the last post was just amazing.

An honor for my Father's clan, people & ancestral land. To this day, we were born fighting for liberty...

Incredible to think the great man was taking from us 9 days later,,

The regiment my family served in for three wars. Four if you count Malaya, which no one ever does.

Thank you for posting. As a Scot American this is just a wae hae Scots.

I’m Scott/ Irish with a mix of Czech and French. Right now with what’s going on over here in the states, I feel more Scott/Irish than American!!

@ahorsewithnoname643

3 жыл бұрын

A single 't' in Scot. Scott is a name not a nationality.

@johntyfleming4581

3 жыл бұрын

@@ahorsewithnoname643 Sat rite pal n dinnae call a scot scotch for sure thats a wee dram

@gray3553

3 жыл бұрын

your always welcome to come home brother .

Was in high school. Love watching their feet. Every step is so precise.

I was 7 and I still remember as if it was yesterday!

Regimental band and pipes and drums of the black watch royal highland regiment 💂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@rmac8378

3 жыл бұрын

More like “🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 God save the queen, rule Britannia🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧”

omg It is 2022 I have just discovered this footage of President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline I was just out of high school and remember this very well I am now in my 70's and this has brought tears to my eyes Oh so long ago and far away but it is as fresh in my mind now as it was in 1963 RIP Jack and Jackie 9 days before he was cruelly assassinated.

Those sounds once echoed through the US a hundred of years before

@ChrisCaldwellO66

3 жыл бұрын

Twice. Revolution and 1812

@patriot4786

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisCaldwellO66 yep

As a Pitlochry lad, a Perthshire lad, the home of the Black Watch, a proud Scottish regiment that fought & still do as warrior's. 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

@ianmacewan9416

Жыл бұрын

And mostly at the beck and call of a foreign country.

@pjmoseley243

9 ай бұрын

Nice place Pitlochry

@pjmoseley243

9 ай бұрын

@@ianmacewan9416 Not a kind remark to make, there is a difference between what you said and an allie is a difference

@ianmacewan9416

9 ай бұрын

@@pjmoseley243 Kindness has nothing to do with the truth and facts. Facts like a whole brigade of Black Watch being left behind in France on the orders of Churchill orders while English regiments scuttled off in little boats leaving a trail of sewage behind them. Just a fact. Rephrase your last sentence because it is unintelligible.

@KeithWilliamMacHendry

3 ай бұрын

@@ianmacewan9416 Don't be daft Ian, there were other regiments holding the line. Churchill loved the Scottish regiments, in particular the Gordon Highlanders.

That was my granddads army I love scotland so much

@keithlordofalbascotland3371

Жыл бұрын

And we're all very fond of you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁🥃

@berylslocombe7122

Жыл бұрын

@@keithlordofalbascotland3371. Thank you very much

Thank you so much for sharing this. Just a short time before the tragedy in Dallas. Was in high school when I heard the news brought everyone to their knees and crying.

Brilliant performance by a great regiment, which no longer has it's Military Band, just the Pipe Band.

Thank you for posting this very good quality and stirring video!

@lindashaffer5675

3 жыл бұрын

So happy to be reminded of a happier time, when we had class in the WH, namely, the last administration

We have always missed him!!

A wonderful speech, jfk was a great president.

@maconescotland8996

2 жыл бұрын

Old Joe Kennendy was great friends of the Calder family (distilling and brewing) and JFK visited their Perthshire estates not long before before WW2 where he learned grouse shooting.

Wow... what a piece of history. Those were days when we all shared the same thoughts and embraced our joint culture. What do we have today? Well time goes on.

A high water mark in the history of the 20th century.

I like the Scottish regiment pipes and drums band of the Black Watch

My dad was there he was a piper in the black watch i was always proud of my dar ❤❤

Good lord what a Scottish accent our Major has......{teasing}. Top regiment. Top soldiers.

@johntyfleming4581

3 жыл бұрын

Aye was wunderin that masel. lol

@jfelton4153

3 жыл бұрын

@@johntyfleming4581 - me tae.

@andrewpark6223

3 жыл бұрын

Alot of the Scots upper class and aristocracy are and were sent to boarding school in England, hence the accent. The Queen mother was a Scot and came from an old Scots family but sounded entirely English.

@johntyfleming4581

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpark6223 that may well but there ws also a study into folk who lost their born accents who were judged to be of weak character many years ago , ?

@alpearson9158

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpark6223 would disagree as I could always hear the brogue when she spoke

Christ this has brought tears to my eyes. JFK really was the leader of the free world.

Dear Sirs; Thank you for this wonderful video. Sincerely

Now 2021, but never forget my President Kennedy and family.

This makes me cry.

Tis never a good thing when the Black Watch drops by for a visit bearing a message from Parliament. The Black Watch will give you the blues. R.I.P President Kennedy.

Oh, this breaks my heart!

Every single person was dressed up for this, acted with civility, and that is the way our society was back then. Oh how I miss that because once it's gone you cannot get it back.

@driggsbaylon4655

3 ай бұрын

🛒☔🦋🔥Not true abt civility!

Can’t get over how well groomed and dressed everyone was - not a tracksuit or baseball hat in sight

We did not know how short a time was left.

Was für eine große Freude. Pipes and drums and the honorable Black Watch. Und dann noch die Kennedy's. JFK wollte Gutes für die Menschen erreichen. Ich heule in mein Taschentuch. Thank you very much, vielen lieben Dank. KM from Vienna

I believe I caught them on this tour on their visit to San Diego. A thill for me, I don't mind saying.

Brilliant

Amazing

RIP Stewart Esplin Canadian Black Watch 2nd Battle Ypres 1915.

@dennisesplin3285

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Stewart had emigrated to Canada. Returned with CBW to WW1. My dad was in BW. Stewart named on Arbroath Black Watch memorial. Respect.

The Black Watch is my adopted Scottish Regiment.

Awesome performance. Hard to keep step on grass, but not a tick-tock in sight,,, Wa saw the 42nd!

My Grandad was in the Black Watch in the Mid to Late 50's

this is chilling

The “ The Ladies From Hell “ who 11 days later played “Mist On The Mountain “ over my President’s grave,,,,,,R.I.P.

Sad to think that the shining light of Camalot would be soon extinguished!

The President’s favorite tune was “ Mist On The Mountain “

My President

I pray to God that John F Kennedy will be among those dancing with joy and triumph in God's presence, not unlike the Highland Dancers seen here on display. May his murderers be allowed by the Great and Mighty President to observe the dance as they watch in reverent awe. May it shame their very souls and cause them to bow in deep humility to the Lamb who is seated at the right hand of Power.

Thats my dad, he was the regimental drum major at the time.

60 years today.

I was thrilled as a boy when the Blackn Watch came and was so buoyed by their return at JFK's funeral cortage.. I cry every time I see them.

I wasn't even born then, I was in my Mum's tummy!

who is watching and listening to this 11/11/2023

4:21 someone seemed to get huckled away.

Wow! And so sad.

Little did President kennedy know they be playing at his funeral in a few days.😢😢

Our greatest president

Wow, just to think that he be gone 😒 weeks later on Nov 22nd, 1963

Never ever saw this.

😞R.I.P

My Dad was in the Black watch in WW1

Nine days to live...

Am Scottish

💯🌹TRUE HISTORY 🌹😎🇺🇸

If only

...9 days short of that day in Dallas..

@10.20 you can tell why the Black Watch have a fearsome reputation!

@jamesmcleesh2688

3 жыл бұрын

AS AN ELDERLY INFANTRY SOLDIER ( British) 30 yrs. PROUD SERVICE . THE SOUND OF A PIPER PLAYING A TUNE AS WE ADVANCED INTO ATTACK STIRRED THE BLOOD MAKING US ADVANCE FEARLESSLY YET PUTTING THE FEAR OF GOD INTO THE ENEMY. THE PIPER WAS USUALLY UNARMED. BRAVE MEN ALL OF THEM.

What the first tune played by the Black Watch pipes and drums?

@gripsandbirls

3 жыл бұрын

The slow march is the Highland Cradle Song, and the return to quick march is The Men of Argyll.

@bryantsmith2323

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for responding to my comment.

@johnharvey7672

3 жыл бұрын

It's the Black Bear and the Highland Laddie. Traditional coming home tunes for Highland Regiments

@jonrichie6110

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnharvey7672 Thats not The Black Bear.

Orimori Motion

MY COUSIN RON CAIRNS WAS THERE TOO

It’s incredible because this was 9 days till he was killed.

Interesting that the ending tattoo piece is LAST POST....how ironic

6:00 Any idea the song name?

whats the music at 5:40?

"Against us on one occasion" Two occasions! Revolutionary War and the war of 1812.

@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.

Жыл бұрын

1812 was the Canadians smashing American invaders.

@sirisaacbrock798

Жыл бұрын

They weren't in North America during the War of 1812.

@sirisaacbrock798

Жыл бұрын

@@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL. No...

@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.

Жыл бұрын

@@sirisaacbrock798 listen here why you acting like a child, that's you following me on my posts. I'm not againt Canada or British. My ancestors are Scottish and Irish. Alot of my ancestors and current serve on highland regiments. Go move on or I'll give you a square go sunshine.

LORDY LORDY WHOS THAT I SEE?

The Präsident and her wife great Präsident of The Nation USA

Have they been there in1812?

I was 7