John Philip Sousa's Christmas Gift to the United States.
We may think of "The Stars and Stripes Forever!" around Independence Day, but did you know it was written around Christmas?
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It has been custom, when welcoming a visitor of high profile, that musical honors are paid to the person’s rank or status and to the…
This is the hollywood re-creation of a scene that happened at Pearl Harbor. Ship musicians of the USS Nevada were playing the “Star Spangled Banner”…
The Menace of Mechanical MusicJohn Philip Sousa Originally published in Appleton’s Magazine, Vol. 8 (1906), pp. 278-284. SWEEPING across the country with the speed of…
National Hot Dog Day July 21, 2021 Hot dogs and baseball. As American as it gets. Despite the changing years and the culinary tastes of…
TAPS ON A FLUTE? The bugle call of Taps was originally created to replace the regulation call for lights out and remained in the Army…