Tattooing
By; George Martinez
3/14/2019
(A Military Tattoo) 5-7-5

Photo Credits;
Top photo; 9/15/17 AF TV
70th B-Day Honor Guard 9/14/17
Bottom Photo Credit;
US National Archives
3/01/2003 USAF Texas
Combined Military Service Digital Photo File

Google search Definition;
Tattoo;
1. An evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters.
2. British - An entertainment consisting music, marching, and performance of displays and exercise by military personnel.
3. A rythmic tapping or drumming.

Origins; 17th Century Dutch phrase Doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap")
A signal sounded by Drummers or Trumpeters to instruct innkeeper near Military garrison to stop serving beer and for soldiers to return to their barracks, and is Unrelated to the Tahitian origins of an ink tattoo.

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