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| | Our History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The Marine Band was chosen, and 60 cylinders were released in the fall of 1890. |
 | | After the second Marine Band tour in 1892, Sousa was approached by his manager, David Blakely, to organize his own civilian concert band, and on July 30 of that year, John Philip Sousa retired as Director of the Marine Band. |
 | | In his 12 years as Leader of the Marine Band, he served under five Presidents, and the experience he gained with the Marine Band would be applied to his civilian band for the next 39 years. |
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