The Skyliners are sponsored by the Raymond A. Garbarina Memorial American Legion Post #1523 in New York City.

[1] The New York Skyliners were formed in 1945 to create a corps for members of two New York City American Legion junior corps, The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Post #1197, and the Grand Street Boys from Post #1025, that were returning from service in World War II.

They were officially accepted as a senior corps in the American Legion in 1946, and were named after Raymond A.

“Gabby” Garbarina, a young man who played with both the Grand Street Boys and the Hearst Post corps, who had lost his life in the war.

In 1964, the Skyliners, along with several senior corps in the northeastern United States, formed the Drum Corps Associates to establish a more formal competition format than the then-current haphazard collection of contests.