John Philip Sousa's Christmas Gift to the United States.
We may think of "The Stars and Stripes Forever!" around Independence Day, but did you know it was written around Christmas?
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“A sailor usually considers himself as out of the pale of respectable society, and he longs for an opportunity to become the only thing he…
A History of the YMCA in the Great War By Jay Callaham These days, we think of the YMCA as a nice gym, maybe with…
January can bring very cold weather to the Washington, D.C. area. Therefore, every four years, predicting the temperatures becomes a challenge. The forecasted snow and…
Happy Birthday to our 30th President Calvin Coolidge, the only president born on July 4-Independence Day. In 1926 he spoke about the importance of the…
Baseball and The Star-Spangled-Banner It is performed at the start of every professional sports contest. Played by instrumentalists or sung by vocalists, it has become…
The 4th Annual sounding of Taps during the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day at 3 p.m. TAPS ACROSS AMERICA 2023 Registration is open…
It has been custom, when welcoming a visitor of high profile, that musical honors are paid to the person’s rank or status and to the…
