Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps

Many people would assume that those wearing red coats are British soldiers.

Actually, this is the only remaining unit from the oldest infantry regiment in the U.S. Army, known as the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.

During the American Revolutionary War, there was a regulation that musicians had to wear the reverse colors of their unit's uniform so they could be easily identified at a glance.

The main body of the Continental Army wore blue, so these musicians wore red instead.

The state visit continued in the Rose Garden with a military review.

The U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps performed, along with other ceremonial groups, before a brief military flyover featuring a B-2 bomber and F-22 Raptors.

Later, as President Xi departed from the West Wing, I shouted a question from afar.

President Trump, how did your meetings with President Xi go, sir? Did you discuss Jimmy Lai, sir? Now, Jimmy Lai, who I was trying to ask President Donald Trump about there from a distance, of course, is the Catholic pro-democracy activist currently imprisoned in Hong Kong.