The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

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 ER 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 FASHING MAY 3 9-AM 1940 D. C. GT 29 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 29 JOWN PHILIP SOUSA MRST DAY OF ISSU Master Bruce D. Phillips 254 73rd Street Brooklyn, New York