Nov 6, 1854. American composer and band conductor, remembered for stirring marches such as The Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis and El Capitan, born at Washington, DC. Died at Reading, PA, Mar 6, 1932.
Image by Elmer Chickering, courtesy of the United States Library of Congress‘s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3c10617. T
