john philip sousa composed the national march for the united states of america in 1896.
john philip sousa composed the national march for the united states of america in 1896.
who composed the national march for the united states of america in 1896?
john philip sousa
bullet::::- "king cotton" (1895)









































bullet::::- "stars and stripes forever" (1896) (national march of the united states)









































bullet::::- "el capitan" (1896)









































bullet::::- "hands across the sea" (1899)









































bullet::::- "hail to the spirit of liberty" march (1900)









































bullet::::- "invincible eagle" (1901) (dedicated to pan-american buffalo exposition)









































bullet::::- "imperial edward" march (1902)









































bullet::::- "fairest of the fair" (1908)









































bullet::::- "glory of the yankee navy" (1909)









































bullet::::- "u.s. field artillery" (1917) (modified version "the army goes rolling along" is the official song of the u.s. army)
john philip sousa
lgbt community desire for a national march was prompted by two major events in the 1980s: the aids pandemic, the ronald reagan administration's lack of acknowledgment of the aids crisis; and the supreme court of the united states ruling in "bowers v. hardwick" upholding the criminalization of sodomy between two consenting men in the privacy of a home. in 1986, steve ault & joyce hunter, co-coordinators of the 1979 national march on washington for lesbian and gay rights, drafted documents to extant lesbian and gay organizations soliciting interest in a new march. the response was favorable, and the two organized an initial planning meeting in new york city on july 16, 1986, where it was decided that the march would be held in 1987. representatives from all known lesbian and gay organizations were subsequently invited to a national conference in new york city on november 14–16, 1986 where they would discuss the politics, logistics and organization of the event. the delegates would be addressing four primary concerns:
second national march on washington for lesbian and gay rights