Why are bagpipes so strongly correlated with military tradition?”
Below is an article that explains how bagpipes became a part of military and police/fire/funeral tradition. “Historian Cecil Adams explains that “it is generally thought that bagpipes are a Scottish instrument. But in fact, both the Irish and Scottish branches of the Celtic tribes played them, and some argue about who invented them. “A dying art a century ago, bagpipe playing was revived in large part by Irish immigrants in the New World who wanted to preserve their culture. Many of the guys were cops. For instance, Francis O’Neill, Chicago police chief from 1901 to 1905, organized an ‘Irish music club’ that sparked renewed interest in the bagpipes. When cops wanted to salute their fallen brethren they thought quite naturally of the pipes, which had been played at funerals for hundreds of years. The tradition of bagpipes played at fire department and police department funerals in the United States goes back over one hundred fifty years. When the Irish and Scottish immigrated to this co
