John Philip Sousa. The U.S. Marine Band is America's oldest continually performing musical ensemble, founded by Congress in 1798 and dubbed "The President's Own" by Thomas Jefferson. Their mission ...
His Portuguese father played trombone with the Marine band, and encourage young John to join him as an apprentice musician at the age of 13. In 1880, at the age of 26, Sousa began a career as the ...
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