When was baton twirling invented?
Much of Baton Twirling's history is simply hearsay or educated
guesses. It has varying stories of how the sport was stared. The
first is the idea the the Dutch brought the sport with them when
they settled in Pennsylvania in the US and is associated with the
swinging of the Swiss flag. Another is a possible history of baton
twirling is it was initiated at Millsap's College in Mississippi.
Major Millsap's founded this college after the Civil War and dubbed
his lady athletes the "majorettes". While this may be the original
origin of the name, the Dutch truly introduced it to the United
States.