WELCOME TO THE JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA SECTION.  JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA
WAS A FRIEND AND GUEST CONDUCTOR OF THE RACINE BOYS OF 76 DRUM
AND BUGLE CORPS FROM THE WORLD WAR I ERA UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1932.
HERE YOU WILL FIND PHOTOS, MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
FROM THIS TIME PERIOD WHICH DOCUMENT THIS RELATIONSHIP.  HERE WE
WILL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA'S GREAT LAKES NAVY
(BLUE JACKET) BAND OF THE WORLD WAR I ERA.
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ABOVE:  John Phillip Sousa standing in the middle of the photo with his sabre with the Great Lakes Naval Base Band
in 1918.  Note the buglers at the head of the band.

BELOW:  John Phillip Sousa, center, with the Great lakes naval Base Band.
ABOVE:  1918 Great Lakes Naval Base's Bugler's School.

BELOW:  Great Lakes Naval Base Band on parade in 1918.  Again, note the bugle
section at the head of the band.
BELOW:  Bugler at Great Lakes Naval Base playing into a bullhorn in 1925.