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The Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site will host a free concert Sunday in commemoration of its transfer from the Bixby family to the City of Long Beach in 1955, event organizers announced.

The event will feature a performance by the Band of the California Battalion—an authentic recreation of a Civil War-era Union Army band that will perform on period instruments designed by Adolph Sax.

The group will be led by Gary Thomas Scott, dean of the School of Creative Arts and Applied Sciences at Long Beach City College, officials said.

Guests will be able to arrive at 4:30PM; music runs from 5:30PM to 7:00PM.

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