1954
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"In'54 the Golden Knights came of age, knocking off the great powers of drum corps one by one - St. Vincent's, Holy Name, St. Joseph's, and Audubon.
At the VFW Nationals in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium, that year, B.S. capped its dramatic rise to the top by capfuring its first national championship, only 26 months after its first contest, a feat never duplicated.
After Philadelphia, the Corps promptly proved it was no fluke by traveling to Washington, where on a high school field, it won the Legion Crown. Remarkably, it was the first time the Corps would defeat all of its top competitors on the same night." - from Tim O'Brien's A (not so brief) HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS