United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drums 1

Thank you Blacknight48 for that terrific response.

That is a great question. The US Army Old Guard Fife and drum, Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum as well as the Yorktown Fife and Drum are all red and white. I believe is has to do with our British past instead of our American past. Pre Revolutionary war, but I will look further to confirm.

Colonial Fife and Drum musicians wear uniforms patterned after those worn by the
Continental Army musicians during the American Revolution. Continental Army musicians generally (but not always) wore red instead of blue in order to be seen through the smoke of battle. The uniform worn today is an accurate replica of the one worn in 1781, and consists of a black tricorn hat, a white wig, a cream colored waistcoat, colonial coveralls, and the red coat.

Why are the colors red and white? instead of the traditional patriot blue and white? just wondering.