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1. Any Fourth of July celebration just would not be the same without this one.
2. This was written in 1889 and dedicated to a newspaper that sponsored an essay contest for school children.
3. This was written in 1893 for a then popular New York summer resort.
4. This one was not addressed to any particular nation, but to all America's friends abroad. When it was published the sheet music carried this line from a play by Frere--"A sudden thought strikes me--let us swear an eternal friendship".
5. Written in 1888 and dedicated to the officers and men of the U.S. Marine Corps.
6. The strains of this march from 1896 were extracted from one of the more successful Sousa operettas.
7. Marches written for fairs and expositions never seem to do well, but this was a notable exception written in 1895 for the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta.
8. This is another successful exposition march written in 1908 for the Boston Food Fair. Sousa's inspiration came the beauty and charm of a certain young lady who was employed at an exhibitor's booth in previous years.
9. This march was dedicated to Columbia Commandery No.2, Knights Templar, of Washington D.C, and composed on the occasion of the 24th Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment held in October of 1889.
10. This march as adapted as the theme song to "Monty Python's Flying Circus", a popular BBC comedy program.
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