On Aug. 15, 1928, the Manitowoc Herald-News reported “America’s March King” John Philip Sousa and his band was to play “Two Golden Jubilee Concerts” at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 15. The ...
The most famous marching band leader in the world, John Philip Sousa, gave a concert at the Hippodrome Theater in Pottsville on Aug. 18, 1918. Coming three months before the end of World War I, the ...
Arguably, the most popular early 20th-century visitor to Fort Worth (after Theodore Roosevelt) was bandleader John Philip Sousa. Both were headliners in their day. Roosevelt came to town twice (1905 ...