Govenaires Drum & Bugle Corps
Inducted 1997
The Govenaires Drum & Bugle Corps was first organized as the St. Peter Legion Corps in 1927 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The Corps went inactive in 1938 due to WWII, and in 1950 Cliff and Katie Hermel purchased the equipment and created two Junior Corps. The Junior Corps folded in 1975, but The Govenaires continued on and were chosen to represent Minnesota at the National American Legion Convention in Seattle in 1976, in Denver in 1977, and in New Orleans in 1985. Today the Corps marches in many civic parades and competitions throughout the Midwest and performs many acts of goodwill in the St. Peter and Mankato area.
