tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post7381641724963564667..comments2024-03-29T02:37:52.926-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Remembering a Veteran: John Philip Sousa, Band Leader, Composersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-13863783202154442942018-07-14T13:15:27.433-07:002018-07-14T13:15:27.433-07:00Few people may know that it was the celebrated con...Few people may know that it was the celebrated conductor/composer Sousa that discovered the future conductor/composer/US WW1 Army officer(Harlem Hellfighters) James Reese Europe in Washington DC as a child and provided him the opportunity to study under Enrico Hurlei of the Marine Band. The eminent conductor lived just up the street from the Europe home and passed by on his walk to the Navy Yard Bill Bettenhttp://ww1doughboys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-89963917043562599952018-06-05T05:59:43.115-07:002018-06-05T05:59:43.115-07:00There is a Sousa exhibit at the National Museum of...There is a Sousa exhibit at the National Museum of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, VA.<br /><br />Steve MillerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-36506446131296037362018-06-04T20:22:39.102-07:002018-06-04T20:22:39.102-07:00I loved playing Sousa marches in my high school an...I loved playing Sousa marches in my high school and college marching bands! Great composer.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455769394335274187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-52706412030865536942018-06-04T19:59:08.969-07:002018-06-04T19:59:08.969-07:00He said that a good march should make a man with a...He said that a good march should make a man with a wooden leg want to step out.Michael Bertinettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403910520419087020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-46450845518472422012018-06-04T15:18:17.876-07:002018-06-04T15:18:17.876-07:00When he served in the Naval Reserve during the Gre...When he served in the Naval Reserve during the Great War, he accepted only $1.00 per year in pay! He was a truly great American on all levels.<br />BuglerJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559519111357251237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-65418396890056867372018-06-04T11:11:53.727-07:002018-06-04T11:11:53.727-07:00Late in his life Sousa wrote two marches for the K...Late in his life Sousa wrote two marches for the Kansas State Agricultural College (now University) entitled Salute to Kansas and Kansas Wildcats. The latter piece is regularly performed by the K-State Band.Jim Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340069966081400997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-47494037090559179012018-06-04T10:51:18.608-07:002018-06-04T10:51:18.608-07:00Although Sousa is best known for his music, he was...Although Sousa is best known for his music, he was also a highly skilled trap shooter and enthusiastic supporter of that sport. Although he didn't exactly fulfill the adage that every Marine is first a rifleman, his expertise with a shotgun while leading the Marine Band came close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-58283464796427927432018-06-04T10:43:50.878-07:002018-06-04T10:43:50.878-07:00He was fit and lived a long, rich life, probably b...He was fit and lived a long, rich life, probably because of all the marching he did?? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353371531163331062noreply@blogger.com