• John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C., the third of ten children of João António de Sousa (John Anthony Sousa) (September 22, 1824 – April 27, 1892)...
  • Newsom, Jon, Perspectives on John Philip Sousa, Library of Congress, 1983. Sousa, John Philip, Marching Along, Da Capo, 1990.
  • John Philip Sousa was born in 1854 in Washington, D.C. and died in 1932. He worked as a theater musician and conducted the U.S...
  • During World War II, the Liberty ship SS John Philip Sousa was named after him. The ship's bell is still used by the Marine Band in concert.
  • John Philip Sousa. 9,046 likes · 309 talking about this. American conductor, composer & patriot (1854-1932).
  • In the mid-19th century, John Philip Sousa was one of America’s biggest base ball bugs, as fans were then called.
  • John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military marches.
  • Chaminade and John Philip Sousa Talk about Music,” New York Herald, Nov. 15, 1908. A portion of this conversation appears in Marching Along, 294.
  • The John Philip Sousa Foundation stands in solidarity with those fighting against systemic racism.
  • John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D. C. on November 6, 1854, the third of ten children of John Antonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth (Trinkaus) Sousa.