His father forced him to enlist to stop him from joining a circus band.
The autobiography that John Philip Sousa wrote is titled "Marching Along."
"Semper fidelis" - the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps was composed by John Philip Sousa.
Sousa was the Director of the US Marine Corps Band in Washington (The President's Own)
Rather than go to college, John Philip Sousa's father enlisted him in the United States Marine Corps as an apprentice when John was 13 years old.
john Philip Sousa is from the big DC
John Philip Sousa got the nickname of the "march king" from the excelent marches he and the band performeed p.s He was responsiable for in the Marine Bands greatness or excelencance
What Instrument did John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa House was created in 1907.
John Philip Sousa wrote 136 Marches
John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854.
John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854.
he worked at the military band. known as march king. this is a paragraph i wrote about him: John Philip Sousa achieved worldwide fame, and created a instrument called sousaphone. One of the popular music he wrote is: Stars And Stripes For Ever, and the Washington post. At the age of 11 Sousa conducted 7 grown up mans. While him a child his country U.S.A was in war with Russia.