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100K views · 5K reactions | Enjoy this throwback performance of our country's Official National March, Stars and Stripes Forever! Did you know that this piece was written on December 25th by John Philip Sousa while he was on a boat? #usarmybands #songsofcomfort #DontStopTheMusic #militarymusic | The United States Army Field Band | Facebook

THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER | Let’s kick off this July 4 weekend with a bang! 💥 In 1896, Sousa penned his most famous composition, “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” But did you know that Sousa began imagining this composition in Europe while extremely homesick? In an interview, he shared with reporters the inspiration behind his masterpiece: “I began to think of all the countries I had visited, of the foreign people I had met, of the vast difference between America and American people and othe

130K views · 689 reactions | #tbt: Check out this old video of John Philip Sousa conducting "Stars and Stripes Forever." The National March of the United States of America, it's widely considered to be the "March King's" greatest work. . . . #ThrowbackThursday #HistoryMatters #MusicHistory #Marches #USNavy #VideoOfTheDay #NavyMusic #Sousa | United States Navy Band | Facebook