The sun smiled on Harvard’s Memorial Day ceremonies May 26 as warmer temperatures brought out a crowd of more than 100 people to the Common to remember Harvard residents who died while serving in the ...

The Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon has announced the recipients of the John Philip Sousa Awards, which recognize outstanding band members from each high school in Knox County.

With Memorial Day this week, I felt it appropriate to write something patriotic in honor of those who gave their last full measure of devotion to our nation.

Dexter Honors Fallen Heroes at 2025 Memorial Day Ceremony. Dexter will gather on May 26, 2025, for its annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony, featuring retired U.S. Marine Corps ...

T his Memorial Day weekend, the iconic “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will once again kick off the summer season with ...

A reminder to all Oak Ridgers and especially to our military veterans: the Oak Ridge Community Band will present a Memorial Day Concert on Sunday, May 25, at 7 pm in A.K. Bissell Park . This is a free ...

Those in their cars would honk after “Yankee Doodle” or any John Philip Sousa march. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Our Sioux Falls Municipal Band is heralded as one ...

On April 22, 1889, he introduced music to the event by having the U.S. Marine Band perform. John Philip Sousa directed the band, and wrote the march “Easter Monday on the White House Lawn,” in ...

The United States Marine Band was forced to cancel a concert with students of ... were programmed to perform Nobles of the Mystic Shrine by American composer John Philip Sousa, who directed the band ...

This music had been planned for the canceled concert. "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine" by John Philip Sousa. Sousa directed the Marine Band a century and a half ago and composed "Stars and Stripes ...

Seitz’s “Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band” along with John Philip Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell”, and Fred Jewell’s “E Pluribus Unum”. Featured soloist for the afternoon will be Paul ...

There is perhaps no band closer to the president’s ear than the U.S. Marine Band, long known as “The President’s Own.” Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, it’s the nation’s oldest ...