A group of German-Americans in Frostburg founded the German Arion Band in 1877. During the anti-German hysteria of World War II, the band changed its name from the German Arion Band to the Frostburg Arion Band.
In 1877, a group of German-Americans in Frostburg created the German Arion Band. Prior to World War II, when there was an anti-German sentiment, this band changed its name to the Frostburg Arion Band.