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Barracks Row Heritage Trail 7. Strike Up the Band (8th & I Street SE)
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Sousa-Mania
John Philip Sousa, the neighborhood's most famous son, spent 19 years in the Marine Barracks in the Barracks Row neighborhood of
Washington DC.
"John Philip Sousa was the Beatles of his day-America's first big superstar: conductor of more than 14,000 concerts, composer of a hundred hit tunes, and author of three Broadway musicals ... running at the same time! In 1900,
he was the best-known musician in the world, living among presidents, corporate giants, and movie stars." (from John Philip Sousa's America: The Patriot's Life in Images and Words)
Sousa-Mania
16"x22"
acrylic on canvas
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