Just who was The March King, and how is it that almost 150 years after his birth his music is still such a central part of the American experience. The topic before the house, John Phillip Sousa ...

and portraits of musicians preserved in the Smithsonian remind us that American music flourishes within a wide variety of traditions drawn from our multicultural heritage. The patriotic marches of ...

John Philip Sousa, IV is Chair of the 2016 Committee, formerly the Run Ben Run Committee. He is a businessman and the great-grandson of famed American composer John Philip Sousa.