John Philip Sousa Composer

The Stars and Stripes Forever SOUSA AN PHILLIP SOUSA COMPOSER BORN IN 1854. AT 22 HE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED VIO LINIST AT 26 HE BECAME LEADER OF THE U.S. MARINE BAND, LEAVING IN 1892 TO ORGANIZE A BAND OF100 PIECES WHICH BECAME FAMOUS FOR THEIR RENDI TION OF HIS COMPOSITIONS HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS MARCHES-OVER 100 IN NUMBER. MOST FAMOUS WAS "STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER. HE DIED IN 1932 C STEPHEN ANDERSON WAS GTON MAY 3 9-AM 1940 D. C. 26 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 29 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA FIRST DAY OF ISSUE- Donald James 3595 Bainbridge Ave N.Y. Bronx